01 a. Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
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Bending forward; inclined; not erect.“Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone.” — Milton.
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Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.“Which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things prone.” — Byron.
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Headlong; running downward or headlong.
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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.
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Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.“Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy.” — Landor.