·adj Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
II. Prostrate ·adj Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
III. Prostrate ·adj Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
IV. Prostrate ·adj Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
V. Prostrate ·vt To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to
Reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
VI. Prostrate ·vt To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
VII. Prostrate ·vt To lay fiat; to throw down; to
Level; to
Fell; as, to
prostrate the body; to
prostrate trees or plants.
VIII. Prostrate ·vt to
Overthrow; to
Demolish; to
Destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to
Ruin; as, to
prostrate a village; to
prostrate a government; to
prostrate law or justice.