PRONE, a. [L. pronus.] Bending forward; inclined; not erect. 1. Lying with the face downward; contrary to supine.2. Headlong; precipitous; inclining in descent. Down thither prone in flight.3. Sloping; declivous; inclined. Since the floods demand For their descent, a prone and sinking land.4. Inclined; propense; disposed; applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense; as men prone to evil, prone to strife, prone to intemperance, prone to deny the truth,prone to change.
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