Abusing and Prone
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Abuse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adjective
- Having a tendency (to); often used in combination.
- usage: "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"
- Lying face downward.
- synonyms: prostrate
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.
- (a.) Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.
- (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
- (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
- (a.) Prostrate; flat; especially, lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary