Antonyms for prostrate


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : pros-treyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒs treɪt


Definition of prostrate

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "lying face-down" (in submission, worship, etc.), from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere "strew in front, throw down," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + sternere "to spread out," from PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure (n.)). Figurative use from 1590s. General sense of "laid out, knocked flat" is from 1670s.
  • adj flat, horizontal
  • adj helpless
  • adj tired, worn
  • verb fall on knees; submit
  • verb overwhelm; wear out
Example sentences :
  • Prostrate before Emmanuel's throne, they repeated their confession.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • They have said: "Prostrate yourselves, these gods are just."
  • Extract from : « Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe » by Eugne Brieux
  • Prostrate trunks, yards in diameter and half-decayed, lie along the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • Prostrate forms, both of man and horse, were lying upon the plain.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
  • Procumbent or Prostrate, lying flat on the ground from the first.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
  • Prostrate before the King, he seemingly lived but for his smile.
  • Extract from : « Told on the Pagoda » by Mimosa
  • Prostrate between two rocks lying across the path, her wild flight came to an end.
  • Extract from : « The Gilded Man » by Clifford Smyth
  • Prostrate yourselves, then, before the Most High, and secure his favor by the practice of every virtue.
  • Extract from : « The Empire of Russia » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Prostrate she fell on the floor; but hearing a waiter say, 'Up stairs, madam, you may have a room to yourself.'
  • Extract from : « Camilla » by Fanny Burney
  • Prostrate herbs, with whorled leaves and small whitish axillary flowers without petals, in summer.
  • Extract from : « The Plants of Michigan » by Henry Allan Gleason

Synonyms for prostrate

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