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   Prone (?), a. [L. pronus, akin to Gr. , , Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See Pro-.]
   
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   1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
   
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   Towards him they bend
   
   With awful reverence prone. Milton.
   
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   2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.
   
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   Which, as the wind,
   
   Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. Byron.
   
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   3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. “Down thither prone in flight.”  Milton.
   
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   4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
   
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   Since the floods demand,
   
   For their descent, a prone and sinking land. Blackmore.
   
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   5. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. “Prone to mischief.”  Shak.
   
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   Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. Landor.
   
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