knelt

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: nĕlt, IPA^(key): /nɛlt/
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

knelt

1. simple past and past participle of kneel.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

Synonyms

• kneeled

Translations

simple past tense and past participle of kneel

• Dutch: knielde (nl), knielden (nl), geknield (nl)
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• Indonesian: berlutut (id)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

knelt

1. (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of knellen
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of knellen