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Definitions for: Prone [adj] lying face downward
[adj] having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: inclined(p), prostrate, unerect
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