prostrate
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prostrate (not comparable)
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- Lying flat, facedown.
- 1945, Sir Winston Churchill, VE Day speech from House of Commons:
- Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.
- 1945, Sir Winston Churchill, VE Day speech from House of Commons:
- Emotionally devastated.
- I told him you was prostrate with grief. — Mammy to Scarlett, Gone With the Wind.
- Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
- He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
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to prostrate (third-person singular simple present prostrates, present participle prostrating, simple past and past participle prostrated)
- To lay flat or facedown, prone; flatten (often reflexive).
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XIV, page 175:
- How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XIV, page 175:
[edit] Usage notes
- Prostrate and prostate are often confused, in spelling if not in meaning.
[edit] Translations
to be emotionally devastated
to become physically incapacitated
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prostrate
- Second-person plural present tense of prostrare.
- Second-person plural imperative of prostrare.
- Feminine plural of prostrato.
