Prone (?), a. [L. pronus, akin to Gr. �, �, Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See Pro-.]
1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Towards him they bend
With awful reverence prone. Milton.
2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; — opposed to supine.
Which, as the wind,
Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. Byron.
3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. “Down thither prone in flight.” Milton.
4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
Since the floods demand,
For their descent, a prone and sinking land. Blackmore.
5. Inclined; propense; disposed; — applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. “Prone to mischief.” Shak.
Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. Landor.