prostrate

Etymology

Latin prōstrātus, past participle of prōsternere (“to prostrate”).

adj

1. Lying flat, face-down.
   Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us. 1945, Sir Winston Churchill, VE Day speech from House of Commons
2. (figurative) Emotionally devastated.
3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
   He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
4. (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

verb

1. (often reflexive) To lie flat or face-down.
2. (also figurative) To throw oneself down in submission.
   Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility[…] 1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 228
3. To cause to lie down, to flatten.
   How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest! 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XIV, page 175
4. (figurative) To overcome or overpower.