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Definition of Prostrating
1. prostrate [v] - See also: prostrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prostrating
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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