the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In botany, bending or bent downward; declining: applied to stamens when they are thrown to one side of a flower, as in Amaryllis; also applied to mosses. Also declined and declinous.
In zoology, declined; bending or sloping downward; declivous: opposed to acclinate.
Word Usage
"Et dixit, Ecce, nunc domini mei, declinate obsecro ad domum servi vestri, et pernoctate, et lavate pedes vestros: et mane surgetis, et pergetis in viam vestram."