ˈjenyəˌflekt intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Late Latin genuflectere to genuflect, from Latin genu knee + flectere to bend
1.
a. : to bend the knee
b. : to touch the knee to the floor or ground especially in worship
genuflect and walk out of the chapel — Joseph Dever
2. : to be servilely or humbly obedient or respectful : kowtow
each political party has genuflected before it — B.M.Bowie
genuflected before the … bureaucrats and rewrote their poems — Harvey Breit