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Word of the Day: Prostrate

Aunt Marg

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Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward.

lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
"she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church"

(of distress, exhaustion, or illness) reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness.
"she was prostrated by a migraine that she could scarcely get up the stairs"

My husband seemed to be prostrate yesterday, which he kept telling me wasn't the result of his prostate.
 


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