Definition of prone

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Prone (a.) Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to..

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Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow..
Excitability :: Excitability (n.) The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.
Suspicious :: Suspicious (a.) Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Propense :: Propense (a.) Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness..
Indecisive :: Indecisive (a.) Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character..
Proclive :: Proclive (a.) Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification..
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
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..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect..
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..
Aproned :: Aproned (a.) Wearing an apron.
Protureter :: Protureter (n.) The duct of a pronephros.
Pronate :: Pronate (a.) Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees..
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill..
Temper :: Temper (n.) Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
Pronephros :: Pronephros (n.) Alt. of Pronephro.
Prone :: Prone (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level..
Prone :: Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.
Supine :: Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone..
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