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    [Adjective]  | "pros*trate" | \ ˈprä-ˌstrāt \


    1: stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission; also : lying flat

    2: completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise

    3: trailing on the ground : procumbent

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English prostrat, from Anglo-French, from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere, from pro- before + sternere to spread out, throw down {mat|strew|};

    [Verb]  | "pros*trate" | \ ˈprä-ˌstrāt \


    1: to throw or put into a prostrate position

    2: to put (oneself) in a humble and submissive posture or state

    3: to reduce to submission, helplessness, or exhaustion

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Idiom]  | "prostrate oneself" 


    1: to lie down with one's face turned toward the ground

    [Adjective]  | "prostrate" 


    1: depleted in strength, energy, or freshness;


      * e.g., " ... prostrate marathoners typically spend the day after the race recovering "




    2: lacking bodily strength;


      * e.g., " ... prostrate with fear as the bombs began dropping "




    3: lying with the face downwards;


      * e.g., " ... the suspects lay prostrate on the floor while the police searched the room "




    [Verb]  | "prostrate" 


    1: to diminish the physical strength of;


      * e.g., " ... an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia "




    2: to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move;


      * e.g., " ... the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine "



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    3: to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress;


      * e.g., " ... a widow prostrated by crushing grief "



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     [ "prostrate" ]

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     [ "prostrate" ]

    2: 1) Stretched out or lying flat with one's face to the ground; or 2) Exhausted, enervated, lacking in will or energy. Not to be confused with "prostate" (one 'r'), the interior male sexual gland responsible for about two-thirds of the volume of male ejaculate (semen).

      * e.g.,  ... "All hail the power of Jesus' name, let angels prostrate fall...." (18th-Century Protestant hymn). . 

     [ "prostrate" ]

    1: Lying flat on the back.

      * e.g.,  ... The prostrate man was trampled by the herd of wild boar. 

     [ "Prostrating" ]

    1: The male form of a period.

      * e.g.,  ... Bae are you prostrating? Why you so mad? 

     [ "Prostrate" ]

    1: An alternative word for "prostate," most often used by the gay community. Using this word is often the first sign that someone sucks a lot of dick in his spare time. He also likely does other gay things like put blow up decorations on his lawn to attract small children.

      * e.g.,  ... I went to the doctor's today for a prostrate exam. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be until I realized he had both his hands on my shoulders 🤔 

     [ "Prostrate Exam" ]

    1: The only time you don't want doc to have two hands...

      * e.g.,  ... That was an awkward prostrate exam. 

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