to be prone

  • 21prone to error — index fallible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 22prone to inaccuracy — index fallible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 23prôné — prôné, ée (prô né, née) part. passé de prôner. •   La vertu du vieux Caton, Chez les Romains tant prônée, Étoit souvent, nous dit on, De Falerne enluminée, J. B. ROUSS. Odes, II, 2 …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 24PRONE — mons Argiae, apud Herminonem …

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  • 25prône — prône …

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  • 26prôné — prôné …

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  • 27prone — late 14c., naturally inclined to something, apt, liable, from L. pronus bent forward, inclined to, from adverbial form of pro forward (see PRO (Cf. pro )). Meaning lying face down is first recorded 1570s. Literal and figurative senses both were… …

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  • 28prone — 01. Fishermen are [prone] to exaggerate the size of a fish that got away. 02. The students are [prone] to forget to hand in their homework if I don t remind them. 03. Studies show that if the roof of a person s mouth is narrow, the person will be …

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  • 29Prone position — Word history The word prone, meaning naturally inclined to something, apt, liable, , is recorded in English since 1382; the meaning lying face down is first recorded in 1578 but is also referred to as laying down or going prone .It derives from… …

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  • 30PRÔNE — s. m. Instruction chrétienne que le curé ou le vicaire fait tous les dimanches dans la chaire, à la messe paroissiale. Faire le prône. Faire un beau prône. Assister au prône. Le curé ayant achevé son prône. Les bans furent publiés au prône. Les… …

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