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kneel
[ neel ]
verb (used without object)
knelt or kneeled, kneeling.
- to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
noun
- the action or position of kneeling.
kneel
/ Ծː /
verb
- intr to rest, fall, or support oneself on one's knees
noun
- the act or position of kneeling
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Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ԱiԲ· adverb
- ܲ·ԱiԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kneel1
Old English ŧǷɱ; see knee
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Seconds later, a police officer knelt, gunshots were heard and protesters in the crowd collapsed - seven in total.
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It’s kind of like Ramses in the movie “The Ten Commandments” when he says, “Command them to kneel before Pharaoh.”
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“Oohs” rippled through the class as students began to kneel down in position to begin the choreography.
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It is said that her parents took her to the shrine where she knelt before the place where the apparition was seen.
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"My heart was beating, I was less than 100 metres away. I slipped between the security agents; knelt down and asked the Pope for his blessing," the journalist remembers.
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