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pros⋅trate

  [pros-treyt] verb, -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing, adjective
Use prostrative in a Sentence
–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.

Related forms:
pros⋅tra⋅tive  [pros-truh-tiv] , adjective
pros⋅tra⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
6. prone, supine, recumbent.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2prostrate
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: pros·trat·ed; pros·trat·ing
: to put into astate of extreme bodily exhaustion <prostrated by fever>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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