lying low, subjugated; beaten, defeated; helpless, defenseless, unprotected; exhausted, feeble, frail
render powerless, subdue; bring down, cast down; lie flat, lie face down
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Prostrate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
(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.
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.
(v. t.)
To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
(v. t.)
To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
(a.)
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
(a.)
Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
(a.)
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
(a.)
Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutLying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
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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.
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.
4. to cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
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.
2. lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
3. lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. prostrate fall before him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults.
4. (bot.) trailing on the ground; procumbent.
Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
Clain = n. prostrate state
Cleiniad = n. a lying prostrate
Cleinio = v. to lie prostrate
Ymgrymu = v. to prostrate one's self
Verb
1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission
(synonym) bow down
(hypernym) lie down, lie
(derivation) prostration
2. render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) prostration
3. throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) prostration
Adjective
1. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
(synonym) flat
(similar) unerect
2. lying face downward
(synonym) prone
(similar) unerect
Prostrate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Prostration is the placement of the body in a reverentially or submissively prone position. Major world religions employ prostration either as a means of displaying reverence for a noble person (as in the Chinese kowtow), persons, or doctrine, or as an act of submissiveness or worship to a supreme being or other worshiped entities (i.e. God or the gods), such as the sajdah of the Islamic prayer, salah. Within various cultures and traditions, prostrations are similarly used to show respect to civil authorities and more accomplished masters. The act is thus often an important part of religious, civil and traditional rituals and ceremonies.
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