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 ]
a. [ L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate; pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See Stratum. ]
Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Prostrate fall
Before him reverent, and there confess
Humbly our faults. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.