Definition of prostrate

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Prostrate (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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Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle..
Prostrated :: Prostrated (imp. & p. p.) of Prostrat.
Trample :: Trample (v. t.) To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek..
Sarment :: Sarment (n.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..
Flating :: Flating (a.) With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position..
Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture..
Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem..
Deprostrate :: Deprostrate (a.) Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate..
Fallen :: Fallen (a.) Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever..
Repent :: Repent (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
Grabble :: Grabble (v. i.) To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
Prone :: Prone (a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine..
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