Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROS-TER-NA'TION
PROS'TATEPROS'THE-SIS, or PROTH'E-SIS
PROS-TER-NA'TION, n. [L. prosterno, to prostrate; pro and sterno.]
A state of being cast down; dejection; depression. [Little used.] – Wiseman.
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