Genuflect

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship.
  • verb-intransitive. To be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To bend the knee, as in servitude or worship
  • v. To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To bend the knee, as in worship.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bend the knee, as in an act of worship or of respect; perform genuflection.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
  • v. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
    • Verb Form
    genuflected    genuflecting    genuflects   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bow   
    Form
    genuflected    genuflecting   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gesticulation   
     
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