GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Prostrate , a. [L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See Stratum.]
   Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
   Elyot.
   
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   Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire.
   Milton.
   
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   Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
   Dryden.
   
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   Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
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   Prostrate fall
   Before him reverent, and there confess
   Humbly our faults.
   Milton.
   
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   (Bot.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
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   Prostrate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prostrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prostrating.]
   To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
   Evelyn.
   
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   to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice.
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   To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
   Milman.
   
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   To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
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