kneel

[neel] verb, knelt or kneeled, kneel·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
noun
2.
the action or position of kneeling.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English knelen, Old English cnēowlian (cognate with Low German knelen, Dutch knielen). See knee, -le

kneel·ing·ly, adverb
un·kneel·ing, adjective
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kneel (niːl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , kneels, kneeling, knelt, kneeled
1.  (intr) to rest, fall, or support oneself on one's knees
 
n
2.  the act or position of kneeling
 
[Old English cnēowlian; see knee]
 
'kneeler
 
n

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kneel
O.E. cneowlian, from cneow (see knee); cf. Goth. knussjan, Gk. gnyx "with bent knee." Past tense knelt is a modern formation (19c.) on analogy of feel/felt, etc.
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Example sentences
Metro buses are equipped with lifts or low ramps, and all have the ability to
  kneel.
It's easy to denigrate those who don't kneel to the church of climate change.
Later he let me kneel in his path, eye to camera, as he strutted into the
  spotlight.
The police pushed them up against the wall, made them kneel facing the wall.
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