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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to
      reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
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