Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PROS'TRATE, v.t.

1. To lay flat; to throw down; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
2. To throw down; to overthrow; to demolish; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice; to prostrate the honor of a nation.
3. To prostrate one's self, to throw one's self down or to fall in humility or adoration. – Duppa.
4. To bow in humble reverence.
5. To sink totally; to reduce; as, to prostrate strength.