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prostrate
(encz) | prostrate,přemoci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
prostrate
(encz) | prostrate,svalit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Prostrate
(gcide) | Prostrate \Pros"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prostrated; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prostrating.]
1. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to
prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
--Evelyn.
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to
reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
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Prostrate
(gcide) | Prostrate \Pros"trate\, a. [L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere
to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out,
throw down. See Stratum.]
1. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground
or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
--Elyot.
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Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire.
--Milton.
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2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. --Dryden.
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3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
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Prostrate fall
Before him reverent, and there confess
Humbly our faults. --Milton.
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4. (Bot.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
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prostrate
(wn) | prostrate
adj 1: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
"found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: flat,
prostrate]
2: lying face downward [syn: prone, prostrate]
v 1: get into a prostrate position, as in submission [syn:
prostrate, bow down]
2: render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
3: throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself
with frustration" |
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prostrate
(encz) | prostrate,přemoci n: pl. Zdeněk Brožprostrate,svalit v: Zdeněk Brož |
prostrated
(encz) | prostrated,přemohl Jaroslav Šedivýprostrated,svalený adj: Zdeněk Brožprostrated,svalil v: Zdeněk Brožprostrated,vyčerpal Jaroslav Šedivý |
Deprostrate
(gcide) | Deprostrate \De*pros"trate\, a.
Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [Obs.]
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How may weak mortal ever hope to file
His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. --G.
Fletcher.
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Prostrated
(gcide) | Prostrate \Pros"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prostrated; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prostrating.]
1. To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to
prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
--Evelyn.
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to
reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
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prostrate
(wn) | prostrate
adj 1: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
"found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: flat,
prostrate]
2: lying face downward [syn: prone, prostrate]
v 1: get into a prostrate position, as in submission [syn:
prostrate, bow down]
2: render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
3: throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself
with frustration" |
semi-prostrate
(wn) | semi-prostrate
adj 1: imperfectly prostrate; prostrate for part of its length;
"the semi-prostrate evergreen, purple heather" |
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