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kneel

  [neel] verb, knelt or kneeled, kneel⋅ing, noun
Use kneel in a Sentence
–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:
bef. 1000; ME knelen, OE cnēowlian (c. LG knelen, D knielen). See knee, -le

Related forms:
kneel⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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kneel   (nēl)   
intr.v.   knelt (nělt) or kneeled, kneel·ing, kneels
To go down or rest on one or both knees.

[Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian; see genu-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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