Bended meaning

If your partner has always dreamed of a traditional proposal, a marriage proposal on bended knee is likely to be much more appreciated than a proposal at a sports game.

Previous deputies had addressed the king on their bended knees, whereas the representatives of the Catholics had been permitted to stand.

I could always tell if visitors had called in my absence, either by the bended twigs or grass, or the print of their shoes, and generally of what sex or age or quality they were by some slight trace left, as a flower dropped, or a bunch of grass plucked and thrown away, even as far off as the railroad, half a mile distant, or by the lingering odor of a cigar or pipe.

The traditional marriage proposal typically involves the man on bended knee, respectfully asking the hand of his partner in marriage.