Prostrating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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