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   Pros·trate

   /ˈpräˌstrāt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward. Similar pronelying flatlying downflatstretched outspreadeagledsprawlinghorizontalrecumbenton one's frontrare:procumbentOpposite upright
   • ▪ completely overcome or helpless, especially with illness, distress, or exhaustion: "his wife was prostrate with shock" Similar overwhelmedovercomeoverpoweredbrought to one's kneescrushedstunneddazedspeechlesshelplessparalyzedlaid lowimpotentinformal:knocked/hit for sixworn outexhaustedfatiguedtired outovertiredwearysappeddog-tiredspentdrainedplayed outdebilitatedenervatedlowinformal:all indone (in/up)deaddead beatdead tireddead on one's feetready to dropfagged outbushedwhackedworn to a frazzleburnt-outknackeredpoopedOpposite fresh
   • ▪ growing along the ground.

   verb

   • 1. lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission: "she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church"
   • 2. (of distress, exhaustion, or illness) reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness: "she was prostrated by a migraine that she could scarcely get up the stairs"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin prostratus ‘thrown down’, past participle of prosternere, from pro- ‘before’ + sternere ‘lay flat’.

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