▪ I. declinal, n. rare—1.
(dɪˈklaɪnəl)
[f. decline v. (sense 13): cf. denial and -al1.]
The action of declining; courteous refusal, declinature.
| 1837 Sir F. Palgrave Merch. & Friar (1844) 2 The declinals were grounded upon reasons neither unkind nor uncomplimentary. |
▪ II. † deˈclinal, a. Obs. rare—1.
[irreg. f. decline.]
= declinable.
| 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. v. xxvii, A nowne substantyve..wyth a gender is declynall [rime substancyall]. |