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1. Get into a prostrate position, as in submission
   - bow down
    
2. Render helpless or defenseless
   "They prostrated the enemy"
    
3. Throw down flat, as on the ground
   "She prostrated herself with frustration"

1. Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
   "found himself lying prostrate on the floor";
   - flat
    
2. Lying face downward
   - prone

Derived forms: prostrated, prostrates, prostrating

See also: unerect

Type of: alter, change, lie, lie down, modify, throw, wing

Encyclopedia: Prostrate