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Webster 1913 Edition
Prone
Prone
,Adj.
[L.
pronus
, akin to Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], 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
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
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
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prone
PRONE
,Adj.
1.
Lying with the face downward; contrary to supine.2.
Headlong; precipitous; inclining in descent. Down thither prone in flight.
3.
Sloping; declivous; inclined. Since the floods demand
For their descent, a prone and sinking land.
4.
Inclined; propense; disposed; applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense; as men prone to evil, prone to strife, prone to intemperance, prone to deny the truth,prone to change.