prostrate
verb/prɒˈstreɪt/
/ˈprɑːstreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they prostrate | /prɒˈstreɪt/ /ˈprɑːstreɪt/ |
| he / she / it prostrates | /prɒˈstreɪts/ /ˈprɑːstreɪts/ |
| past simple prostrated | /prɒˈstreɪtɪd/ /ˈprɑːstreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle prostrated | /prɒˈstreɪtɪd/ /ˈprɑːstreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form prostrating | /prɒˈstreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈprɑːstreɪtɪŋ/ |
- prostrate yourself to lie on your front with your face looking downwards, especially as a way of showing respect for God or a god
- [usually passive] prostrate somebody to make somebody feel weak, shocked, and unable to do anything synonym overcome
- He was expecting to find her prostrated by the tragedy.
- For months he was prostrated with grief.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin prostratus ‘thrown down’, past participle of prosternere, from pro- ‘before’ + sternere ‘lay flat’.
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