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In some senses, prostrate is marked as figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
VERBS
be, lie
The injured player lay prostrate on the field after the collision.
fall
The exhausted runner fell prostrate on the finish line after completing the marathon.
adj
Lying flat, face-down.
Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults.
Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.
Emotionally devastated.
Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
Prostrated.
verb
To lie flat or face-down.
To throw oneself down in submission.
Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility[…]
But I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way.
To cause to lie down, to flatten.
How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!
To overcome or overpower.
Why this very minute she's prostrated with grief.
Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults.
WiktionaryFinally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.
WiktionaryHe was prostrate from the extreme heat.
WiktionaryThose who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility[…]
WiktionaryBut I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no d
WiktionaryHow many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!
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In some senses, prostrate is marked as figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.