Prone


adjective
1.
having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable:
to be prone to anger.
2.
having the front or ventral part downward; lying face downward.
3.
lying flat; prostrate.
4.
having a downward direction or slope.
5.
having the palm downward, as the hand.
noun
1.
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
adjective
1.
lying flat or face downwards; prostrate
2.
sloping or tending downwards
3.
having an inclination to do something

prone (prōn)
adj.

Lying with the front or face downward.

Having a tendency; inclined.

adv.
In a prone manner.

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