different between prostrate vs postical
prostrate
English
Etymology
Latin pr?str?tus, past participle of pr?sternere (“to prostrate”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??st?e?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??st?e?t/
- Hyphenation: pros?trate
Adjective
prostrate (not comparable)
- Lying flat, face-down.
- Synonym: prone
- Antonym: supine
- 1945, Sir Winston Churchill, VE Day speech from House of Commons:
- Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.
- (figuratively) Emotionally devastated.
- Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
- (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
Translations
Verb
prostrate (third-person singular simple present prostrates, present participle prostrating, simple past and past participle prostrated)
- (often reflexive) To lie flat or face-down.
- (also figuratively) To throw oneself down in submission.
- To cause to lie down, to flatten.
- (figuratively) To overcome or overpower.
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
- Why this very minute she's prostrated with grief.
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
Usage notes
- Prostrate and prostate are often confused, in spelling if not in meaning.
Related terms
- prostration
Translations
See also
- kowtow
Anagrams
- Perrottas
Italian
Verb
prostrate
- second-person plural present indicative of prostrare
- second-person plural imperative of prostrare
- feminine plural of prostrato
Latin
Participle
pr?str?te
- vocative masculine singular of pr?str?tus
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postical
English
Etymology
From Latin post?cus (“posterior, hinder”).
Adjective
postical (not comparable)
- (botany) Oriented towards the base.
- (botany) Of or pertaining to the surface of a prostrate thallus that is oriented towards the substrate.
Antonyms
- (towards the apex): antical
- (of side away from substrate): antical
Anagrams
- capitols, coalpits, opticals, slipcoat, topicals
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