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41prostrate — pros·trate || prÉ‘ streɪt /prÉ’ v. render powerless, subdue; bring down, cast down; lie flat, lie face down adj. lying low, subjugated; beaten, defeated; helpless, defenseless, unprotected; exhausted, feeble, frail …
42prostrate — I. a. 1. Prostrated, prone, stretched out, flat, fallen. 2. (Bot.) Procumbent. II. v. a. 1. Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish, destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat. 2. Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bringlow …
43prostrate oneself — he prostrated himself on the altar mat Syn: throw oneself flat/down, lie down, stretch oneself out; throw oneself (at someone s feet) …
44prostrate — Trailing or lying along the ground but not rooting; typically referring to stems, e.g. the stems of old plants of Zamia poeppigiana. See also decumbent, procumbent. Cf. erect …
45prostrate — v 1.(all of oneself) fall at [s.o. s] feet, throw or cast oneself at [s.o. s] feet; bow before, bow down to, bend the knee to, fall on one s knees before; kowtow, bow and scrape, truckle, grovel, crouch, crawl, snivel; eat crow, eat dirt, Sl.… …
46prostrate — pros·trate …
47prostrate yourself — to lie on the ground with your face downwards as a sign of respect or worship …
48prostrate — [ˈprɒstreɪt] adj formal lying completely flat on the ground with your face downwards …
49prostrate — Moe …
50prostrate — see STRATA …
