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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prostrate  \Pros"trate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Prostrated};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Prostrating}.] 
  1.  To  lay  fiat;  to  throw  down  to  level;  to  fell;  as  to 
  prostrate  the  body;  to  prostrate  trees  or  plants. 
  --Evelyn. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  4.  To  cause  to  sink  totally;  to  deprive  of  strength;  to 
  reduce;  as  a  person  prostrated  by  fever.




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