Meaning & use
bended
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An archaic or dialectal past tense and past participle of "bend," now surviving mainly in the fixed phrase "on bended knee."
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He proposed on bended knee in the park.
The old ballad speaks of a knight who knelt on bended knee before the queen.
A note on using this word
Modern English generally uses "bent" as the past tense of "bend," but "bended" survives in a few set phrases, especially "on bended knee."
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