knelt

English

Alternative forms

• kneeled

Pronunciation

• enPR: nĕlt, IPA^(key): /nɛlt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

knelt

1. simple past and past participle of kneel.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […] , down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

Synonyms

• kneeled

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

knelt

1. inflection of knellen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative