knelt

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/nɛlt/

A form of kneel — To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

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Meanings

verb

alternative kneeled

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of kneel.

    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.

    1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

    Synonyms: kneeled

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with knelt

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Cite this entry
APA

knelt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knelt

MLA

“knelt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knelt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knelt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knelt.

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