prostrate

-1 a. குப்புறப்படுத்த நிலையில் உள்ள, நெடுஞ்சாண்கிடையான, விழுந்து வணங்குகிற, சரணடைந்த, பணிந்த, முழுதும் தோல்வியுற்ற, வலுவிழந்த, முற்றிலுஞ் சோர்வுற்ற, (தாவ.) நிலம்படிந்து கிடக்கிற.-2 v. நெடுஞ்சாண் கிடையாகக் கிடத்து, வீழ்த்து, முறியடி, முழுதும் கீழடக்கு, பணியச்செய், முற்றிலும் வலுவிழக்கச்செய்.

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Pros"trate, a. Etym: [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. Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire. Milton. 2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden. 3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. Prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults. Milton. 4. (Bot.) Defn: Trailing on the ground; procumbent. 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. 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. 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. 4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever. Pros"trate, a. Etym: [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. Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire. Milton. 2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden. 3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. Prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults. Milton. 4. (Bot.) Defn: Trailing on the ground; procumbent. 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. 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. 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. 4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.