Definitions for: Prostrate


[adj] stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
[adj] lying face downward
[v] render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
[v] throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"
[v] get into a prostrate position, as in submission



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.


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.

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.

Synonyms: bow down, flat, prone, unerect

See Also: alter, change, lie, lie down, throw

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