pros·trate
ˈprä-ˌstrāt
1
: stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
also
: lying flat
2
: completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise
was prostrate from the heat
3
: trailing on the ground : procumbent
prostrate shrubs
pros·trate
ˈprä-ˌstrāt
especially British prä-ˈstrāt
prostrated; prostrating
1
: to throw or put into a prostrate position
2
: to put (oneself) in a humble and submissive posture or state
the whole town had to prostrate itself in official apology—Claudia Cassidy
3
: to reduce to submission, helplessness, or exhaustion
was prostrated with grief
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