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prone |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prone \Prone\, a. [L. pronus, akin to Gr ?, ?, Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for See {Pro-}.] 1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone. --Milton. 2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down -- opposed to {supine}. Which as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. --Byron. 3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. ``Down thither prone in flight.'' --Milton. 4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level. Since the floods demand, For their descent, a prone and sinking land. --Blackmore. 5. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense Followed by to ``Prone to mischief.'' --Shak. Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. --Landor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prone adj 1: lying face downward [syn: {prostrate}] 2: having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"
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