prone

a. முன்கவிவான, முகங்கவிந்து படுத்திருக்கிற,நெடுஞ்சாண்கிடையாகப் படுத்திருக்கிற, நிலம் வகையில் கீழ் நோக்கிய தோற்றமுடைய, செங்குத்தான, தலைகீழான, சார்பு நிலையுடைய, சாதகமான மனச்சாய்வுடைய.

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Prone, a. Etym: [L. pronus, akin to Gr. 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. "Down thither prone in flight." 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. "Prone to mischief." Shak. Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. Landor.