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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