† prosternatev.

Forms: 1500s–1600s prosternate, 1600s prosternat.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prosternat-, prosternare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prosternat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of prosternare (6th cent.; from 8th cent. in British sources), doublet of classical Latin prōsternere prostern v. Compare Spanish prosternar (mid 16th cent.), Italian prosternare (1420). Compare earlier prostern v., prosternation n., and prostrate v.

Obsolete.

transitive. To cast down or lay low; = prostern v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak

fellOE

wastec1230

faintc1386

endull1395

resolvea1398

afaintc1400

defeat?c1400

dissolvec1400

weakc1400

craze1476

feeblish1477

debilite1483

overfeeble1495

plucka1529

to bring low1530

debilitate1541

acraze1549

decaya1554

infirma1555

weaken1569

effeeble1571

enervate1572

enfeeble1576

slay1578

to pull downa1586

prosternate1593

shake1594

to lay along1598

unsinew1598

languefy1607

enerve1613

pulla1616

dispirit1647

imbecilitate1647

unstring1700

to run down1733

sap1755

reduce1767

prostrate1780

shatter1785

undermine1812

imbecile1829

disinvigorate1844

devitalize1849

wreck1850

atrophy1865

crumple1892

the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > place in horizontal position [verb (transitive)] > lay flat (on the ground)

layc950

lairc1200

streek1303

to lay lowc1405

prostrate1483

prostern1490

spald1513

prostitute1583

prosternate1593

lodge1597

flatten1712

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow

shrenchc897

allayOE

fellOE

quellOE

to bring to the groundc1175

forlesec1200

to lay downa1225

acastc1225

accumberc1275

cumber1303

confoundc1330

overthrowc1375

cumrayc1425

overquell?c1450

overwhelvec1450

to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500

prostrate1531

quash1556

couch1577

unhorse1577

prosternate1593

overbeata1616

unchariot1715

floor1828

quench1841

to knock over1853

fling1889

to throw down1890

steamroller1912

wipe1972

zonk1973

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 38 ^v Wholy haue I bequeathed my penne and my spyrite, to the prosternating and ensorrowing the frontiers of sinne.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §85 Trip up and prosternat our strength.

1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. 394 Prosternating her lofty Spires,..to the ground.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prosternate
释义	† prosternatev. Forms: 1500s–1600s prosternate, 1600s prosternat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prosternat-, prosternare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prosternat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of prosternare (6th cent.; from 8th cent. in British sources), doublet of classical Latin prōsternere prostern v. Compare Spanish prosternar (mid 16th cent.), Italian prosternare (1420). Compare earlier prostern v., prosternation n., and prostrate v. Obsolete. transitive. To cast down or lay low; = prostern v. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak fellOE wastec1230 faintc1386 endull1395 resolvea1398 afaintc1400 defeat?c1400 dissolvec1400 weakc1400 craze1476 feeblish1477 debilite1483 overfeeble1495 plucka1529 to bring low1530 debilitate1541 acraze1549 decaya1554 infirma1555 weaken1569 effeeble1571 enervate1572 enfeeble1576 slay1578 to pull downa1586 prosternate1593 shake1594 to lay along1598 unsinew1598 languefy1607 enerve1613 pulla1616 dispirit1647 imbecilitate1647 unstring1700 to run down1733 sap1755 reduce1767 prostrate1780 shatter1785 undermine1812 imbecile1829 disinvigorate1844 devitalize1849 wreck1850 atrophy1865 crumple1892 the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > place in horizontal position [verb (transitive)] > lay flat (on the ground) layc950 lairc1200 streek1303 to lay lowc1405 prostrate1483 prostern1490 spald1513 prostitute1583 prosternate1593 lodge1597 flatten1712 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow shrenchc897 allayOE fellOE quellOE to bring to the groundc1175 forlesec1200 to lay downa1225 acastc1225 accumberc1275 cumber1303 confoundc1330 overthrowc1375 cumrayc1425 overquell?c1450 overwhelvec1450 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500 prostrate1531 quash1556 couch1577 unhorse1577 prosternate1593 overbeata1616 unchariot1715 floor1828 quench1841 to knock over1853 fling1889 to throw down1890 steamroller1912 wipe1972 zonk1973 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 38 ^v Wholy haue I bequeathed my penne and my spyrite, to the prosternating and ensorrowing the frontiers of sinne. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §85 Trip up and prosternat our strength. 1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. 394 Prosternating her lofty Spires,..to the ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1593
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