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a. [ L. amphiprostylos, Gr. &unr_; having a double prostyle: cf. F. amphiprostyle. See Prostyle. ] (Arch.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides. -- n. An amphiprostyle temple or edifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How may weak mortal ever hope to file
His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; forward + &unr_; to draw. ] (Med.) A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ L., see prosit. ] a contracted form of prosit. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; standing before, fr. &unr_; to set before; &unr_; before + &unr_; to set: cf. F. prostate. ] (Anat.) Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n. The prostate gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prostate gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prostatic catheter. (Med.) See under Catheter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Prostate, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the prostate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Prostration. ] Dejection; depression. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Pro- and Sternum. ] (Zool.) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; an addition, fr. &unr_; to put to, to add; &unr_; to + &unr_; to put, place. ] 1. (Surg.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; disposed to add, &unr_; put on. ] Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter or letters to a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prostibulum prostitute. ] Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prostituted p. pr. & vb. n. Prostituting. ] [ L. prostitutus, p. p. of prostituere to prostitute; pro before, forth + statuere to put, place. See Statute. ] 1. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire. “Do not prostitute thy daughter.” Lev. xix. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prostitutus, p. p. ] Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prostituta. ] 1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. [ 1913 Webster ]

No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution. ] 1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press. “Mental prostitution.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prostomia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. -- Pro*sto"mi*al a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See Stratum. ] 1. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prostrate fall
Before him reverent, and there confess
Humbly our faults. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prostratio: cf. F. prostration. ] 1. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

A greater prostration of reason than of body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits. “A sudden prostration of strength.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Prostration, in its medical use, is analogous to the state of a spring lying under such a weight that it is incapable of action; while exhaustion is analogous to the state of a spring deprived of its elastic powers. The word, however, is often used to denote any great depression of the vital powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prostylus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; before + &unr_; pillar, column: cf. F. prostyle. ] (Arch.) Having columns in front. -- n. A prostyle portico or building. [ 1913 Webster ]