to prostrate
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8.1
- verb
- /ˈprɒstreɪt/
:
postrarse
- On the chosen day, the brothers gathered in the church in the morning: "Barefoot, they prostrated themselves before the holy altar."
Examples
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A few Buddhist women ventured out to prostrate themselves before the shrine.
Academic text (2007) -
At once, the philosophers arose and prostrated themselves before him, saying, 'Truly this is a monk.'
Blog text (13) -
So go ahead and prostrate yourself.
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You prostrate yourself before him.
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A man would make an image with his own hands and prostrate himself before it.
Blog text (33) -
Smith was being forced to prostrate himself.
Academic text (2006) -
And so I prostrate myself before you, Goddess.
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I prostrate myself before you and beg your forgiveness.
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On that day, he went to prostrate himself at Ari's tomb.
Fiction book (1993) -
She chose to prostrate herself in front of the altar as a sign of deep respect.
Synonyms
149
1.4
To be with your knees on the ground
30
3.7
Lower your head or body to show respect, often as a sign that you obey someone
1
3.9
Bend your upper body forward from the waist to show respect
Antonyms
How Low
Surface Forms
Etymology
To prostrate (verb) comes from the Latin prosternere, made of pro- 'forward' and sternere 'to spread out', so it originally meant 'throw yourself forward', which is why it still means to lie flat before someone as a sign of respect or exhaustion.