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Prone
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What's The Definition Of Prone?
[adj] lying face downward
[adj] having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prone: inclined(p) | prostrate | unerect Related Terms | Find terms related to Prone: See Also | Prone In Webster's Dictionary \Prone\, a. [L. pronus, akin to Gr. ?, ?, Skr. pravana
sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See
{Pro-}.]
1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone.
--Milton.
2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; --
opposed to {supine}.
Which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all
things prone. --Byron.
3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. ``Down thither
prone in flight.'' --Milton.
4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous;
inclined; not level.
Since the floods demand, For their descent, a prone
and sinking land. --Blackmore.
5. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or
affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.
``Prone to mischief.'' --Shak.
Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. --Landor.
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