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prone Adjective 1. having a tendency to be affected by or do something: I am prone to indigestion 2. lying face downwards; prostrate [Latin pronus bent forward]
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prone adjective 1. liable, given, subject, inclined, tending, bent, disposed, susceptible, apt, predisposed << OPPOSITE disinclined adjective 2. face down, flat, lying down, horizontal, prostrate, recumbent, procumbent << OPPOSITE face up Translationsprone to → propenso a prone to → enclin(e) à; to be prone to illness → être facilement malade; to be prone to sth → zu etw neigen; she is prone to burst into tears if ... → può facilmente scoppiare in lacrime se ... |
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However, I am not prone to sensitiveness, and the following of a sense of duty, wherever it may lead, has always been a kind of fetich with me throughout my life; which may account for the honors bestowed upon me by three republics and the decorations and friendships of an old and powerful emperor and several lesser kings, in whose service my sword has been red many a time. For it had not been very long prior to the Pequod's sailing from Nantucket, that he had been found one night lying prone upon the ground, and insensible; by some unknown, and seemingly inexplicable, unimaginable casualty, his ivory limb having been so violently displaced, that it had stake-wise smitten, and all but pierced his groin; nor was it without extreme difficulty that the agonizing wound was entirely cured. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. |
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