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kneel

[ neel ]

verb (used without object)

knelt or kneeled, kneeling.
  1. to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.


noun

  1. the action or position of kneeling.

kneel

/ Ծː /

verb

  1. intr to rest, fall, or support oneself on one's knees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or position of kneeling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ԱiԲ· adverb
  • ܲ·ԱiԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kneel1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English knelen, Old English ŧǷɱ (cognate with Low German knelen, Dutch knielen ). See knee, -le
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kneel1

Old English ŧǷɱ; see knee
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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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For Christians, the Maundy Thursday service marks the Last Supper - and the King's message speaks of the humility of Jesus who "knelt and washed the feet of many of those who would abandon him".

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