bow
verb (used without object)
to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
bowedness
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a word derived from
bow.
Example Sentences
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I will call on thee, Pour to thy mercy seat my earnest prayer, And wait thy peace in bowedness of soul.
From Poems by Southey, Robert
