kneel
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From Middle English knelen, knewlen, from Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen (“to kneel”), Low German knelen (“to kneel”), German dialectal knielen, kneulen, knülen (“to kneel”), Danish knæle (“to kneel”).
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kneel (third-person singular simple present kneels, present participle kneeling, simple past and past participle knelt or kneeled)
- (intransitive) To stoop down and rest on the knee or knees.
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to stoop down and rest on the knee
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[edit] References
- kneel in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- kneel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
