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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

/ ²Ô¾±Ë±ô /

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

  • ˈ°ì²Ô±ð±ð±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ì²Ô±ð±ð±ôi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·°ì²Ô±ð±ð±ôi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kneel1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English knelen, Old English ³¦²Ôŧ´Ç·É±ô¾±²¹²Ô (cognate with Low German knelen, Dutch knielen ). See knee, -le
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kneel1

Old English ³¦²Ôŧ´Ç·É±ô¾±²¹²Ô; see knee
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Every day for over a week, I knelt before a makeshift altar in my bedroom, anchored myself to my breath and performed a most Herculean feat: twice daily, hour-long meditations.

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"A person who worships at the altar of Donald Trump will kneel before him, not stand up to him," he said, while assailing his main rival, Poilievre.

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And then finally, a few minutes later, the wing, kneeled, retrieved it and, after dropping it on the floor, placed it back in his mouth.

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Kaepernick couldn’t have kneeled in Pyongyang or Havana or any number of countries that the right-wing free speech brigade wanted to deport him to – and that’s the point of the flag.

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And after he was elected, Trump challenged NFL owners to release any player who kneeled in protest during “The Star-Spangled Banner.â€

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