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The past and past participle form knelt is now more common than kneeled in all varieties of English:

Some of the recruits knelt to pray before retiring, presumably for strength—Anthony Burgess, 1987.

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IN BRIEF: To rest on ones bent legs.

Her flowerbed was edged with the dimples of where she had kneeled.

Tutor's tip: The mournful "knell" (sorrowful sound) filled the church as grandmother bent to "kneel" (stoop onto ones knees) and pray.

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sign description: The V-hand is bent and placed on the palm of the opposite hand.

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Kneeling in a dream can reflect, on the one hand, a sense of humility and cooperation; or, on the other hand, a sense of surrender.

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See words rhyming with "kneel."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Kneel.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - knæle

Nederlands (Dutch)
knielen

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'agenouiller, être agenouillé, (lit, fig) se mettre à genoux
n. - agenouillement

Deutsch (German)
v. - knien
n. - Knien

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γονατίζω, γονυπετώ
n. - γονάτισμα

Italiano (Italian)
inginocchiarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ajoelhar-se

Русский (Russian)
преклонить колена, умолять на коленях

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - arrodillarse, ponerse de rodillas
n. - acción de ponerse de rodillas, posición de rodillas

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - knäböja, falla på knä
n. - knäböjning, knäböjande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跪下

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 跪下

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 무릎을 구부리다, 무릎을 굽히고 쉬다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ひざまずく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يركع (الاسم) ركوع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮כרע, נפל על ברכיו‬

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