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bring down, cut down, down, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, strike down, throw, crush

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pros⋅trate

[pros-treyt]

verb, -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing, adjective

–verb (used with object)

1.	to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.

2.	to lay flat, as on the ground.

3.	to throw down level with the ground.

4.	to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness.

5.	to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion.

–adjective

6.	lying flat or at full length, as on the ground.

7.	lying face down on the ground, as in token of humility, submission, or adoration.

8.	overthrown, overcome, or helpless: a country left prostrate by natural disasters.

9.	physically weak or exhausted.

10.	submissive.

11.	utterly dejected or depressed; disconsolate.

12.	Botany. (of a plant or stem) lying flat on the ground.

Origin:
1350–1400; (adj.) ME prostrat < L prōstrātus, ptp. of prōsternere to throw prone, equiv. to prō- pro- ¹ + strā-, var. s. of sternere to stretch out + -tus ptp. suffix; (v.) ME prostraten, deriv. of the adj.

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Language Translation for : prostrate

Spanish:

postrado,

German:

hingestreckt,

Japanese:

ひれ伏した

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pros·trate (prŏs'trāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. pros·trat·ed, pros·trat·ing, pros·trates

To put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration: "He did not simply sit and meditate, he also knelt down, sometimes even prostrated himself" (Iris Murdoch).
To cause to lie flat: The wind prostrated the young trees.
To reduce to extreme weakness or incapacitation; overcome: an illness that prostrated an entire family; a nation that was prostrated by years of civil war.

adj.

Lying face down, as in submission or adoration.
Lying flat or at full length.
Reduced to extreme weakness or incapacitation; overcome.
Botany Growing flat along the ground.

[Middle English prostraten, from prostrat, prostrate, from Latin prōstrātus, past participle of prōsternere, to throw down : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + sternere, to spread, cast down; see ster-² in Indo-European roots.]

pros'tra'tor n.

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prostrate (adj.)

c.1380, from L. prostratus, pp. of prosternere "strew in front, throw down," from pro- "forth" + sternere "to spread out," from PIE base *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure). The verb is attested from c.1400, from the adj. Prostration "action of prostrating oneself" is from 1526; meaning "weakness, exhaustion, dejection" is from 1651.

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prostrate
adjective
1.	stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: flat]
2.	lying face downward [syn: prone]
verb
1.	get into a prostrate position, as in submission
2.	render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
3.	throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"

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prostrate (prŏs'trāt') Pronunciation Key
Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.

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Prostrate

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.

Prostrate

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.