Prostrate

·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.