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prostration |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prostration \Pros*tra"tion\, n. [L. prostratio: cf F. prostration.] 1. The act of prostrating, throwing down or laying fiat; as the prostration of the body. 2. The act of falling down or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship. A greater prostration of reason than of body. --Shak. 3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as a postration of spirits. ``A sudden prostration of strength.'' --Arbuthnot. 4. (Med.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor. Note: Prostration, in its medical use is analogous to the state of a spring lying under such a weight that it is incapable of action while exhaustion is analogous to the state of a spring deprived of its elastic powers. The word however, is often used to denote any great depression of the vital powers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prostration n : the act of prostrating yourself
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