kneel

Meaning

Verb

  • To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
  • To cause to kneel.
  • To rest on (one's) knees

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Origin

  • From Middle English knelen, knewlen, from Old English cnēowlian ("to kneel"), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen ("to kneel"), Low German knelen ("to kneel"), dialectal German knielen, kneulen, knülen, Danish knæle ("to kneel").

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