Prostrate — Defs

01 a. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.

1.
Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
“Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire.” — Milton.
2.
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
3.
Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
“Prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults.” — Milton.
4.
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.(Bot.)

02 v. t. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.

imp. & p. p. Prostrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prostrating

1.
To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
2.
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.
3.
To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
4.
To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.