prostrate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin prōstrātus, past participle of prōsternere (to prostrate).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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prostrate (not comparable)

  1. Lying flat, face-down.
    Synonym: prone
    Antonym: supine
  2. (figuratively) Emotionally devastated.
  3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
    He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
  4. (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

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Verb

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prostrate (third-person singular simple present prostrates, present participle prostrating, simple past and past participle prostrated)

  1. (often reflexive) To lie flat or face-down.
  2. (also figurative) To throw oneself down in submission.
    • 1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization[1], page 228:
      Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility []
  3. To cause to lie down, to flatten.
  4. (figuratively) To overcome or overpower.

Usage notes

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  • Prostrate and prostate are often confused, in spelling if not in meaning.
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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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prostrate

  1. inflection of prostrare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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prostrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of prostrato

Latin

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Participle

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prōstrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of prōstrātus