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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
prostrate .
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Examples
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Lena was literally "prostrated" with the shock; and Ethel Reeves had to go over to Paris to bring back his papers and his body.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 John Cournos 1915
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Lena was literally "prostrated" with the shock; and Ethel Reeves had to go over to Paris to bring back his papers and his body.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Various 1915
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Mr. Ferris, she reiterated, was a brute; never as long as she lived would she be able to forget how she had loved and believed in him, and how, when at length she unwillingly became convinces of his perfidy, she had been "prostrated," unable to support her old mother.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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"prostrated" (hypopiptontes, prostrati), because the bishop before excluding them, prayed over them while imposing his hands on them as they lay prostrate; finally the systantes, consistentes, who assisted at the whole service, but did not receive communion.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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At eight months, they paid equal attention, whatever block prostrated itself.
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… A light perfectly ineffable shone in my soul, that almost prostrated me on the ground.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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We prostrated until prostration was disgusted by us, we hoped until hope asked for assistance.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Of Madness and Muslim Martyrdom: The Ideal Age of Indoctrination MD Qanta Ahmed 2011
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When a man prostrated himself, a woman behind him might actually see his prostate.
Jeremy Greenberg: The Observations Of A Jew Who Converted To Islam Jeremy Greenberg 2011
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We prostrated until prostration was disgusted by us, we hoped until hope asked for assistance.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Of Madness and Muslim Martyrdom: The Ideal Age of Indoctrination MD Qanta Ahmed 2011
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We prostrated until prostration was disgusted by us, we hoped until hope asked for assistance.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Of Madness and Muslim Martyrdom: The Ideal Age of Indoctrination MD Qanta Ahmed 2011
matthyatt commented on the word prostrated
Prostrated means to throw oneself down on the ground in humility or submission. "One official even prostrated himself in the middle of the street, in front of protesters, to get them to go away."
July 26, 2009