Definition of: prostrate

(pros′trāt) adjective
1. Lying prone, or with the face to the ground; hence, figuratively, brought low in mind or spirit.
2. Lying at the mercy of another; defenseless.
3. Bot. Trailing along the ground; procumbent.
—v.t. ·trat·ed, ·trat·ing
1. To bow or cast (oneself) down, as in adoration or pleading.
2. To throw flat; lay on the ground.
3. To overthrow or overcome; reduce to weakness or helplessness. [<L prostratus, pp. of prosternere lay flat <pro- before + sternere stretch out]
—pros′tra·tor noun