Definition of "prostrates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prostrate. (verb)

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• "And now, my hearers, while the President was thus waiting, the shot of a traitorous assassin prostrates him in death; takes him away in the fullness of his glory; and robs the people of the man whom they loved and trusted as they have loved and trusted no other man since the days of Washington."
• "There is an old Jewish joke: During Yom Kippur, the rabbi is seized by a sudden wave of guilt, and prostrates himself and cries, "God, I am nothing before you!""
• "Seeing this, the janitor at the back of the synagogue prostrates himself and cries, "God, I am nothing before you!""