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Definition of Prostrated
1. prostrate [v] - See also: prostrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prostrated
| prostitots prostomia prostomial prostomium prostrate prostrated (current term) prostrately prostrates prostratin prostrating | prostration prostrations prostyle prostyles prosuicide prosumer prosumers prosurvival prosy |
Literary usage of Prostrated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"... at the sound of which the whole Saracen cavaliers threw themselves from their
horses, and prostrated themselves, as if for a second morning prayer. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... of the truce of Venice (1178), when Frederick ¡ Barbarossa prostrated himself
before the aired pontiff and held his stirrup as he mounted his palfrey. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In 1819, prostrated by the shock caused by his mother's suicide, he obtained a
furlough and visited Italy, travelling unofficially in the retinue of the ..."
4. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch (1918)
"... although he had acted in a noble way with regard to his brother, could not
reason down his sorrow, but was prostrated with grief and repentance, ..."
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