prostrate
2pros·trate
verb\ˈprä-ˌstrāt, especially British prä-ˈ\
pros·trat·edpros·trat·ing
Definition of PROSTRATE
transitive verb
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>
See Examples of PROSTRATE
- <an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia>
- <the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine>
First Known Use of PROSTRATE
15th century
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