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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. |
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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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Kneel
Kneel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kneltor Kneeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kneeling.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D. knielen, Dan. kn[ae]le. See Knee.] To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. --Acts vii. 60. As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. --Jer. Taylor.
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Language Translation for : kneel
Spanish:
arrodillarse, ponerse de rodillas,
German:
knien,
Japanese:
ひざまずく
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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