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Pronunciation : Pros"trate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See Stratum.]
Definition : 1. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate Elyot. Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire. Milton.

2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden.

3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. Prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults. Milton.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pros"trate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants. Evelyn.

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.

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.

4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.

t. [imp. & p. p. Prostrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prostrating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913