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Pros"trate (?), a. [L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See Stratum.] 1. 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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2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden.
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3. 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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4. (Bot.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
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Pros"trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prostrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Prostrating.] 1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
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