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prostration


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prostration  \Pros*tra"tion\,  n.  [L.  prostratio:  cf  F. 
  prostration.] 
  1.  The  act  of  prostrating,  throwing  down  or  laying  fiat;  as 
  the  prostration  of  the  body. 
 
  2.  The  act  of  falling  down  or  of  bowing  in  humility  or 
  adoration;  primarily,  the  act  of  falling  on  the  face,  but 
  usually  applied  to  kneeling  or  bowing  in  reverence  and 
  worship. 
 
  A  greater  prostration  of  reason  than  of  body. 
  --Shak. 
 
  3.  The  condition  of  being  prostrate;  great  depression; 
  lowness;  dejection;  as  a  postration  of  spirits.  ``A 
  sudden  prostration  of  strength.''  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  4.  (Med.)  A  latent,  not  an  exhausted,  state  of  the  vital 
  energies;  great  oppression  of  natural  strength  and  vigor. 
 
  Note:  Prostration,  in  its  medical  use  is  analogous  to  the 
  state  of  a  spring  lying  under  such  a  weight  that  it  is 
  incapable  of  action  while  exhaustion  is  analogous  to 
  the  state  of  a  spring  deprived  of  its  elastic  powers. 
  The  word  however,  is  often  used  to  denote  any  great 
  depression  of  the  vital  powers. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prostration 
  n  :  the  act  of  prostrating  yourself 




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