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From Latin prōstrātus, past participle of prōsternere (“to prostrate”).

prostrate (not comparable)

  1. Lying flat, face-down.
    Synonym: prone
    Antonym: supine
  2. (figuratively) Emotionally devastated.
  3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.

    He was prostrate from the extreme heat.

  4. (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

lying flat, facedown

physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease

botany: trailing on the ground; procumbent — see procumbent

prostrate (third-person singular simple present prostrates, present participle prostrating, simple past and past participle prostrated)

  2. (often reflexive) To lie flat or face-down.
  3. (also figurative) To throw oneself down in submission.

    • 1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization‎[1], page 228:

      Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility […]

  4. To cause to lie down, to flatten.
  5. (figuratively) To overcome or overpower.
  • Prostrate and prostate are often confused, in spelling if not in meaning.

to lie flat or face-down

to throw oneself down in submission

to cause to lie down

prostrate

  1. inflection of prostrare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

prostrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of prostrato

prōstrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of prōstrātus