PROSTRATION
\pɹəstɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \pɹəstɹˈeɪʃən], \p_ɹ_ə_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PROSTRATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.
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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.
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The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.
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A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
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The act of throwing down or state of being thrown down; a falling down in worship; great depression; as, prostration of mind; exhaustion of the vital powers under disease; as, nervous prostration.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of throwing down or laying flat: act of falling down in adoration: dejection: complete loss of strength.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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