Prone

a.	1.
	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.
	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. Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. - Landor.

Adj.	1.	prone - lying face downward Synonyms: prostrate
	2.	prone - having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"

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