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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_108323" /> ==
 
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; - the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. i.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To cause to decrease or diminish. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them. </p>
Decline <ref name="term_2998" />
       
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59328" /> ==
<p> [[Decli'Ne, L]]  to lean. </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2998" /> ==
<p> ''''' dē̇ ''''' - ''''' klı̄n ''''' ´ (סוּר , <i> ''''' ṣur ''''' </i> , or שׂוּר , <i> ''''' sūr ''''' </i> , נטה , <i> ''''' nāṭāh ''''' </i> ): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in &nbsp;Exodus 23:2; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 17:11; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:2; &nbsp;Job 23:11 . In &nbsp;Psalm 102:11; &nbsp;Psalm 109:23 , the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in &nbsp;Judges 19:8; &nbsp;2 Kings 20:10; &nbsp;Jeremiah 6:4 . See [[Afternoon]] . </p>
<p> ''''' dē̇ ''''' - ''''' klı̄n ''''' ´ (סוּר , <i> ''''' ṣur ''''' </i> , or שׂוּר , <i> ''''' sūr ''''' </i> , נטה , <i> ''''' nāṭāh ''''' </i> ): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in &nbsp;Exodus 23:2; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 17:11; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:2; &nbsp;Job 23:11 . In &nbsp;Psalm 102:11; &nbsp;Psalm 109:23 , the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in &nbsp;Judges 19:8; &nbsp;2 Kings 20:10; &nbsp;Jeremiah 6:4 . See [[Afternoon]] . </p>
       
 
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== References ==
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<ref name="term_108323"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/decline Decline from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_59328"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/decline Decline from King James Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_2998"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/decline Decline from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_2998"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/decline Decline from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Decline [1]

dē̇ - klı̄n ´ (סוּר , ṣur , or שׂוּר , sūr , נטה , nāṭāh ): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in  Exodus 23:2;  Deuteronomy 17:11;  2 Chronicles 34:2;  Job 23:11 . In  Psalm 102:11;  Psalm 109:23 , the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in  Judges 19:8;  2 Kings 20:10;  Jeremiah 6:4 . See Afternoon .

References

  1. ↑ Decline from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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