Definition of prone

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Prone (a.) Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to..

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Erect :: Erect (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect..
Prone :: Prone (a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine..
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
Groveling :: Groveling (a.) Lying prone; low; debased.
Instable :: Instable (a.) Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.
Aptness :: Aptness (n.) Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust..
Supine :: Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone..
Disputacity :: Disputacity (v. i.) Proneness to dispute.
Prone :: Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Grovel :: Grovel (adv.) To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis..
Apish :: Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Revengeful :: Revengeful (a.) Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge..
Prorenal :: Prorenal (a.) Pronephric.
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow..
Indulgent :: Indulgent (a.) Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent..
Factious :: Factious (a.) Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons..
Spontaneity :: Spontaneity (n.) The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force..
Pronity :: Pronity (n.) Proneness; propensity.
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