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 efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice.
To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
--Milman.To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of prostrate English)
Usage examples of "prostrating".
Sadi the eunuch said, prostrating himself before the dais and the pale-eyed woman.
Outside, the checkpoint sentries in their heated coveralls and face masks took turns prostrating themselves, keeping their weapons within reach.