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Prostration

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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.

(3):

(n.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.

(4):

(n.) The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prostration'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prostration.html. 1828.
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