a. [ L. pronus, akin to Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See Pro-. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Towards him they bend
With awful reverence prone. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which, as the wind,
Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Since the floods demand,
For their descent, a prone and sinking land. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a prone manner or position. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pronephros. [ 1913 Webster ]