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genuflect
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb genuflect has 2 senses
- genuflect(v = verb.motion) Array - bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image; Array is one way to bow
- genuflect(v = verb.motion) kowtow, scrape - bend the knees and bow in a servile manner; Array is one way to bow
Derived forms noun genuflection1, noun genuflexion1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Derived forms noun genuflection1, noun genuflexion1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
genuflect, v. i. [See Genuflection.].
To bend the knee, as in worship. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
genuflect, v.intr. bend the knee, esp. in worship or as a sign of respect.
Derivative
genuflection n. (also genuflexion). genuflector n.
Etymology
eccl.L genuflectere genuflex- f. L genu the knee + flectere bend
THESAURUS
genuflect
bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bob, bob a curtsy, bob down, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow the head, bow to, cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, do homage, do obeisance, duck, fall down before, grovel, kneel, kneel to, knuckle to, kowtow, make a leg, make a reverence, make obeisance, nod, salaam, scrape, stoop, truckle to
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