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gen⋅u⋅flect
[jen-yoo-flekt] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship. |
| 2. | to express a servile attitude. |
Origin:
1620–30; < ML genūflectere to bend the knee, equiv. to L genū-, s. of genu knee + flectere to bend
1620–30; < ML genūflectere to bend the knee, equiv. to L genū-, s. of genu knee + flectere to bend
Related forms:
gen⋅u⋅flec⋅tor, noun
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| gen·u·flect (jěn'yə-flěkt') intr.v. gen·u·flect·ed, gen·u·flect·ing, gen·u·flects
[Late Latin genūflectere : Latin genū, knee; see genu-1 in Indo-European roots + Latin flectere, to bend.] gen'u·flec'tion (-flěk'shən) n. |
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Genuflect
Gen`u*flect"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Genuflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Genuflecting.] [See Genuflection.] To bend the knee, as in worship.
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