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genuflect
[ jen-yoo-flekt ]
verb (used without object)
- to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
- to express a servile attitude.
genuflect
/ ˈɛʊˌڱɛ /
verb
- to act in a servile or deferential manner
- RC Church to bend one or both knees as a sign of reverence, esp when passing before the Blessed Sacrament
Derived Forms
- ˌԳˈڱپDz, noun
- ˈԳˌڱٴǰ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- u·ڱtǰ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of genuflect1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of genuflect1
Example Sentences
Every press briefing begins and ends with blaming Joe Biden for everything Trump claims is going wrong – while genuflecting at Trump’s knees for making things right again.
He’s genuflecting and appears penitent, it’s him with no public or private, shipwrecked in place in a way.
Their private "meetings with no notes" and Trump's embarrassing public genuflecting to the Russian leader over the years had been fully reported.
Harris has benefited greatly from her overnight installation as the Democratic nominee, which spared her the need to genuflect so conspicuously to the political left.
He prefers the illusion of power offered by genuflecting yes-men over the hard work involved in gaining real power and exercising it.
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