prostrate pros·trate adj vb

prostrate pros·trate adj vb
[prɒ'streɪt]
1. adj
bocconi inv , (in respect, submission) prosternato (-a), prostrato (-a)

(exhausted) prostrate (with) — prostrato (-a) (da)

2. vt

to prostrate o.s. — (before sb) prostrarsi, prosternarsi, (on the floor) stendersi bocconi, fig abbattersi


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