Definition of prostrate
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
prostrate
verbprostrated; prostrating
Definition of prostrate (Entry 2 of 2)
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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The first known use of prostrate was in the 14th century
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