genuflect
verb (used without object)
to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
has genuflected
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present perfectof genuflect (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That song appeared on 1967’s The Velvet Underground & Nico, an album at whose shrine practically every punk and underground band since the mid-1970s has genuflected.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2015
