PROSTRATE

I. adjective see: strew Date: 14th century stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission, completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise , trailing on the ground ; procumbent , see: prone II. transitive verb (~d; prostrating) Date: 15th century to throw or put into a ~ position, to put (oneself) in a humble and submissive posture or state , to reduce to submission, helplessness, or exhaustion