Prone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Prone	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prone adj having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone" lying face downward Synonym(s): prone, prostrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prone \Prone\, a. [L. pronus, akin to Gr. [?], [?], Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See {Pro-}.] 1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone. --Milton. 2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to {supine}. Which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. --Byron. 3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. [bd]Down thither prone in flight.[b8] --Milton. 4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level. Since the floods demand, For their descent, a prone and sinking land. --Blackmore. 5. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. [bd]Prone to mischief.[b8] --Shak. Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. --Landor.