genuflect

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To bend the knee, as in servitude.
2. fiil To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.

   “At high Mass the deacon and subdeacon stand on either side, genuflect too, and answer.”

3. fiil To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.

   “Certainly, the megalomaniacs who aim to populate municipal fixtures with registered-trademark logos will expect cities to genuflect at every turn.”