Prostrate (?), 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.
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Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire. Milton.
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2. Lying at mercy, as a supplicant. Dryden.
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3. Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
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Prostrate fall
Before him reverent, and there confess
Humbly our faults. Milton.
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4. (Bot.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
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