Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - prostrate
Prostrate
prostrate
adj. & v. --adj. 1 a lying face downwards, esp. in submission. b lying horizontally. 2 overcome, esp. by grief, exhaustion, etc. (prostrate with self-pity). 3 Bot. growing along the ground. --v.tr. 1 lay (a person etc.) flat on the ground. 2 (refl.) throw (oneself) down in submission etc. 3 (of fatigue, illness, etc.) overcome; reduce to extreme physical weakness. Derivatives prostration n. Etymology: ME f. L prostratus past part. of prosternere (as PRO-(1), sternere strat- lay flat)
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I. adjective see: strew Date: 14th century stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission, completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise , trailing on the ground ; procumbent , see: prone II. transitive verb (~d; prostrating) Date: 15th century to throw or put into a ~ position, to put (oneself) in a humble and submissive posture or state , to reduce to submission, helplessness, or exhaustion ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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