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Definition of genuflect:
Synonyms:
scrape up, lionize, bootlick, grate, bow and scrape (to someone), truckle, bend the knee, scratch up, kiss, suck up, obeisance, kotow, kowtow, scratch, come up, curtsy, scrape, stoop, bob, salute, kneel, skin, fawn over, fawn, toady, grovel.
Usage examples:
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But devotion is to be found in acts of different kinds, both in corporal acts, for example, and in spiritual; thus a man is said to meditate devoutly, for instance, or to genuflect devoutly.
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I always cross myself and genuflect when I go into a Roman Catholic church, as a mark of respect, but Jones and Gogin say that any one can see I am not an old hand at it.
