Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

Lying with the face downward; contrary to supine.

Headlong; precipitous; inclining in descent. Down thither prone in flight.

Sloping; declivous; inclined. Since the floods demand . For their descent, a prone and sinking land.

Inclined; propense; disposed; applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense; as men prone to evil, prone to strife, prone to intemperance, prone to deny the truth, prone to change.