Prostrate
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Prostrate
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1 a.
Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
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2 a.
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
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3 a.
Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
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4 a.
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
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5 v. t.
To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
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6 v. t.
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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7 v. t.
To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
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8 v. t.
To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
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9 a.
Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
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10 a.
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
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11 a.
Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
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12 a.
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
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13 v. t.
To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
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14 v. t.
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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15 v. t.
To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
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16 v. t.
To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.