genuflect

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: gen=u=flect

CIDE DICTIONARY

genuflect, v. i. [See Genuflection.].

 To bend the knee, as in worship.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

genuflect, v.intr. bend the knee, esp. in worship or as a sign of respect.

Derivative

genuflection n. (also genuflexion). genuflector n.

Etymology

eccl.L genuflectere genuflex- f. L genu the knee + flectere bend

THESAURUS

genuflect

bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bob, bob a curtsy, bob down, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow the head, bow to, cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, do homage, do obeisance, duck, fall down before, grovel, kneel, kneel to, knuckle to, kowtow, make a leg, make a reverence, make obeisance, nod, salaam, scrape, stoop, truckle to