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prone(1) (iou)



prone adjective & adverb. LME.
[Latin pronus, from pro forwards.]
I. adjective.
Disposed, inclined, or liable to some (bad or regrettable) action, condition, etc. (freq. foll. by to, to do); more than usually susceptible to (illness). Now also as 2nd elem. of comb. LME.
accident prone etc.
M. L. King We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries. Guardian Many of these children are chesty, prone to colds. Publishers Weekly A wayward bus line founded by the author's failure-prone father. M. Seymour Suiting his sentiments to his audience was a fault to which James was..prone.
Willing, eager. arch. LME.
J. Guillim The Horse..of all beestes there is none..more prone in battell.
Easy to adopt or pursue; suiting a person's natural inclination. L15-M17.
R. Sanderson There is not a proner way to hell.
II. adjective & adverb.
Directed or sloping downwards. Also loosely, descending steeply or vertically, headlong. arch. LME.
Pope From high Olympus prone her flight she bends. Shelley Down the prone vale.
Facing downwards; bending forward and downward; lying face downwards or on the belly; spec. (of the hand or forelimb) with the palm downwards or backwards and the radius and ulna crossed. Later also loosely, lying flat. L16.
N. P. Willis The broken column, vast and prone. I. Murdoch He..turned over to lie prone upon the bed.
pronely adverb in a prone manner or position M16.
proneness noun M16.
pronity noun (a) propensity, proneness LME-E18.