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1) Stretched out or
lying flat with one's face to the ground; or
2) Exhausted,
enervated, lacking in will or energy.
Not to be confused with "prostate" (one 'r'), the interior male sexual
gland responsible for about two-thirds of the volume of male ejaculate (semen).
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"All hail the power of Jesus' name, let angels prostrate fall...." (
18th-Century Protestant hymn).
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