prostrate

Definitions

1. 1.Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden.
2. 2.Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. Prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults. Milton.
3. 3.(Bot.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
4. 4.To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants. Evelyn.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself. Milman.
7. 7.To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is prostrate.

• What is lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden called?
• What is lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. Prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults. Milton called?
• What is trailing on the ground; procumbent called?
• What is to lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants. Evelyn called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself. Milman called?
• What is to cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever called?