单词 | to bend, bow, drop, fold, put the knee |
释义 | > as lemmasto bend, bow, drop, †fold, put the (one's) knee b. With governing vb.: to bend, bow, drop, †fold, put the (one's) knee; see also bow v.1 9c, bended adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (intransitive)] > assume kneeling posture to bend, bow, drop, fold, put the (one's) kneec950 kneec1000 to sit on one's kneesOE to sit downa1450 to strike down1616 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxvii. 29 Cnew [c975 Rushw. Gosp. kneu] gebeged bifora him. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvii. 29 Bigdon heora cneow beforan him. a1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 191 To þe ich buwe and mine kneon ich beie. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xx. 36 His knees putt, he preiede with alle hem. 1567 Gude & Goldie B. (S.T.S.) 51 The kneis of my hart sall I bow. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David v. iii I..in Thy feare, knees of my heart will fold. 1611 Bible (King James) Prayer Manasses I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard II (1623) iv. i. 156 I hardly yet haue learn'd To insinuate, flatter, bowe, and bend my Knee [1608 limbes]. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 788 Will ye submit your necks, and chuse to bend The supple knee ? View more context for this quotation 1715 tr. Thomas à Kempis Christian's Exercise iii. vi. 116 When with Knees bended, thou entreatest for the Pardon of thy Sins. 1857 J. Keble On Eucharistical Adoration 3 If we kneel and bow the knees of our hearts to receive a blessing. < as lemmas |
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