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kneel

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For the verb: "to kneel"

Simple Past:	knelt, kneeled
Past Participle:	knelt, kneeled

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kneel/niːl/

▶verb (past and past part. knelt or chiefly N. Amer. also kneeled) fall or rest on a knee or the knees.

– origin OE cnēowlian, from cnēow (see knee).

'kneel' also found in these Oxford entries:

knelt - kowtow - prie-dieu

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