[kneel] vi knelt or kneeled ; kneel.ing [ME knelen, fr. OE cneowlian; akin to OE cneow knee] (bef. 12c): to bend the knee: fall or rest on the knees
KNEEL
Meaning of KNEEL in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012