Definition of prone

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Prone (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level..

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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..
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..
Supine :: Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone..
Apish :: Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Instable :: Instable (a.) Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill..
Protureter :: Protureter (n.) The duct of a pronephros.
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man..
Prone :: Prone (a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine..
Pronity :: Pronity (n.) Proneness; propensity.
Prorenal :: Prorenal (a.) Pronephric.
Prone :: Prone (a.) Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to..
Pronephros :: Pronephros (n.) Alt. of Pronephro.
Suspicious :: Suspicious (a.) Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Excursive :: Excursive (a.) Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy..
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
Indecisive :: Indecisive (a.) Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character..
Proclivity :: Proclivity (n.) Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.
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