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(), 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. スポンサード リンク
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