genuflect Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
  2. verb bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
    kowtow; scrape.

WordNet

Gen`u*flect" intransitive verb
Etymology
See Genuflection.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Genuflected; present participle & verbal noun Genuflecting
Definitions
  1. To bend the knee, as in worship.

Webster 1913