Prone

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

II. Prone ·adj Headlong; running downward or headlong.

III. Prone ·adj Prostrate; flat; ·esp., lying with the face down;

— opposed to supine.

IV. Prone ·adj Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.

V. Prone ·adj Inclined; propense; disposed;

— applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.

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