adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Fully prostrate; humble; low. Early, Modern, obsolete, poetic, rare

   "How may weake mortall euer hope to file / His vnsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate stile?"

Example

More examples

"How may weake mortall euer hope to file / His vnsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate stile?"

Etymology

From de- + prostrate, with de- as an intensifier.

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