prostrate

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11
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12
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/
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/ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/ · /ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt/

Definition of prostrate

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Lying flat, face-down.
    “Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults.”
    “Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Lying flat, face-down.
    “Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults.”
    “Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.”
  2. (figuratively, not-comparable)Emotionally devastated.
  3. (not-comparable)Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
    “He was prostrate from the extreme heat.”
  4. (not-comparable)Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
  5. (not-comparable, obsolete)Prostrated.

verb

  1. (often, reflexive)To lie flat or face-down.
  2. (also, figuratively)To throw oneself down in submission.
    “Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility[…]”
    “But I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way.”
  3. To cause to lie down, to flatten.
    “How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!”
  4. (figuratively)To overcome or overpower.
    “Why this very minute she's prostrated with grief.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English prostrat(e) (“prostrate”, also used as the past participle of prostraten), borrowed from Latin prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (“to prostrate”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

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