Definition of Kneel

1. Noun. Supporting yourself on your knees.

Exact synonyms: Kneeling
Generic synonyms: Motility, Motion, Move, Movement

2. Verb. Rest one's weight on one's knees. "There kneel some children in the rocking chair"; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"
Generic synonyms: Rest
Derivative terms: Kneeler, Kneeler, Kneeling

Definition of Kneel

1. v. i. To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.

Definition of Kneel

1. Verb. (intransitive) To stoop down and rest on the knee or knees. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kneel

1. to rest on the knees [v KNELT, KNEELED, KNEELING, KNEELS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kneel

kneecappings
kneecaps
kneed
kneedeep
kneedness
kneehole
kneehole desk
kneeholes
kneeing
kneeings
kneejerk
kneejerks
kneejoint
kneejointed
kneejoints
kneel (current term)
kneel before
kneel down
kneeled
kneeler
kneelers
kneeless
kneelike
kneeling
kneeling chair
kneeling chairs
kneelingly
kneelings
kneels
kneen

Literary usage of Kneel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"And M. de la Motte would kneel with a sad, sad face, and go through this hapless ceremony. ... kneel down and ask pardon ; or, as sure as I am the queen, ..."

2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... and Nerissa come down R and L and kneel beside their husbands. The two men laugh and raise them up; then all laugh. It is merry to the end. ..."

3. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1846)
"He likewise refused to kneel when required so to do, observing sarcastically that " he did admire the justice of the Council Table (against which they had ..."

4. The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by Caroline May (1853)
"I WOULD NEVER kneel. I WOULD never kneel at a gilded shrine, To worship the idol gold; I would never fetter this heart of mine, As a thing for fortune sold. ..."

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