genuflect
verb (used without object)
to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
have genuflected
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present perfectof genuflect.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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But any museum director in America would have genuflected his way backward down a drainpipe to secure the old masters, and Lehman knew it.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the past month, the two most distinguished confectors of '70s movie comedy have genuflected before the Bard in order to elevate the adolescent tone of current screen fare.
From Time Magazine Archive
