Knelt

//nɛlt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of kneel. form-of, participle, past

    "Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer."

Synonyms

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kneeledkneeled

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"They knelt and thanked God for sending them rain."

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