Definition of Prostrating

1. Verb. (present participle of prostrate) ¹

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Definition of Prostrating

1. prostrate [v] - See also: prostrate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prostrating

prostomia
prostomial
prostomium
prostrate
prostrated
prostrately
prostrates
prostratin
prostrating (current term)
prostration
prostrations
prostyle
prostyles
prosuicide
prosumer
prosumers
prosurvival
prosy
prosyllogism
prosyllogisms
prosyllogistic
protactic

Literary usage of Prostrating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1864)
"... they held there in the year 633, we find the king literally prostrating himself on the ground before the bishops ;18 and halt ak nation visigothe." . ..."

2. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1862)
"... passes and repasses, and increases in an increasing ratio as the blood flows from the arm, till its prostrating effect reaches the point of syncope. ..."

3. Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1868)
"amining this wonderful collection, men, women, and children of all classes were coming and going, prostrating themselves before the image of the Virgin, ..."

4. Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1869)
"amining this wonderful collection, men, women, and children of all classes were coming and going, prostrating themselves before the image of the Virgin, ..."

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