| Prostrate (prostrate) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Pros"trate |
| [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.
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant
posture.
Trailing on the ground;
procumbent.
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| Prostrate (prostrate) |
|---|
| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pros"trate |
| [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.
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.
To throw down, or cause to fall in humility
or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively;
as, he prostrated himself.
To cause to sink totally; to deprive of
strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by
fever.
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