To lie flat or face-down.
To throw oneself down in submission.
Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility[…]
From Middle English prostrat(e) (“prostrate”, also used as the past participle of prostraten), borrowed from Latin prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (“to prostrate”). Participial usa...
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To cause to lie down, to flatten.
How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!