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Verb: genuflect  'jen-yû,flekt
  1. Bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
     
  2. Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
    - scrape, kowtow

Derived forms: genuflects, genuflecting, genuflected

Type of: bow[2]

Encyclopedia: Genuflect