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prostrated
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prostrate \Pros"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prostrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prostrating .] To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants. --Evelyn. to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of ...
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vb. (en-past of: prostrate )
Usage examples of prostrated.
He prostrated himself before the angareb on which the Mahdi sat cross-legged.
After five days at anchor, with the vessels pitching and rolling in the steep swells kicked up by the south-easter, those soldiers who were not prostrated with seasickness were bored and disenchanted with this duty.
He walked like a desert warrior, lithe and long-limbed, and prostrated himself before Dorian.
They had no prayer mats with them, but Kadem estimated the direction of Mecca from the position of the noon sun and they prostrated themselves on the rugged earth.
There they prostrated themselves before Zayn al-Din in the throne room of his palace.
He was prostrated before the throne, his forehead pressed to the stone floor.
Laleh prostrated himself again, his forehead pressed to the stone floor.
Laleh prostrated himself again, and this time Kadem caught him a full swing of his nailed sandals.
Then Beshwayo turned and strode back along the regiments of prostrated warriors.
This was usually the prelude to execution and the German was prostrated with terror.
He rose, bowed to Venandakatra, and prostrated himself before the Emperor.
She estimated that it might take the troupe ten days or more to reach Thebes and prostrated herself on the deck to pray to Hathor that her warning would not arrive too late.
She tried to make her expression remote, and to keep aloof from the proceedings, but her reserve slipped as she recognized the royal herald who came in and prostrated himself before the twin thrones.
Taita prostrated himself in gratitude, but Naja lifted him to his feet in another extraordinary act of condescension.
Wailing at such sacrilege, the other priests prostrated themselves before him.