prostratingn.

Brit.

/prɒˈstreɪtɪŋ/,

/prəˈstreɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈprɑˌstreɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prostrate v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < prostrate v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier prostration n. N.E.D. (1909) indicates the stress as ˈprostrating.

The action or process of prostrate v. (in various senses), prostration; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Prostration, a prostrating, or falling at ones feete.

1613 T. Fitzherbert Adioynder to Suppl. R. Persons Discuss. x. 445 If ciuill honour do require corporall reuerence with cap and knee, bowing and prostrating of the body, much more doth the Religious honour due to Saints, and their Reliques require the same.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. viii. 15 By humble prostrating of their service.

1875 W. Blasius Storms App. 282 Marks of violence were unequivocally left—such marks as the breaking of limbs of trees, bending of fences, prostrating of corn or unhinging of a window-blind.

1892 E. F. Henderson tr. Rule St. Benedict in Select Hist. Documents Middle Ages iii. i. 300 With inclined head, or with prostrating of the whole body upon the ground, Christ..shall be adored.

1990 V. S. Naipaul India: Million Mutinies (1991) iii. 185 As soon as we came within prostrating distance, this fellow..made a dive with his other hand for Prakash's feet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prostratingadj.

Brit.

/prɒˈstreɪtɪŋ/,

/prəˈstreɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈprɑˌstreɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prostrate v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < prostrate v. + -ing suffix². N.E.D. (1909) indicates the stress as ˈprostrating.

That prostrates or casts down; (chiefly figurative) overpowering, exhausting, enervating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > making weak

weakeninga1586

feebling1624

languefying1651

debilitating1674

debilitative1682

depauperating1770

adynamical1798

enervating1821

prostrating1822

adynamous1828

debilitant-

1822 J. Neal Logan I. iv. 56 It was not till the governour had spoken twice, that he had sufficiently recovered from the prostrating effect of her last look.

1840 E. A. Poe Ligeia in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 85 She succumbed..to the prostrating power of the destroyer [sc. an illness].

1890 Athenæum 4 Jan. 17/2 To fight so long and bravely against the prostrating effects of a wasting illness.

1955 Times 12 May 11/4 A hearty has come to mean an oppressively cheerful, muscular and back-slapping personage who is prostrating company.

1978 K. Tynan Let. 21 May (1994) viii. 611 Took off from Rochester (after three prostrating days with Louise B.).

1990 Atlantic Apr. 52/1 It is the Dolby system, sometimes enhanced by George Lucas's more recent THX Sound System, that gives the music such prostrating force.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prostrating
释义	prostratingn. Brit. /prɒˈstreɪtɪŋ/, /prəˈstreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈprɑˌstreɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prostrate v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < prostrate v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier prostration n. N.E.D. (1909) indicates the stress as ˈprostrating. The action or process of prostrate v. (in various senses), prostration; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Prostration, a prostrating, or falling at ones feete. 1613 T. Fitzherbert Adioynder to Suppl. R. Persons Discuss. x. 445 If ciuill honour do require corporall reuerence with cap and knee, bowing and prostrating of the body, much more doth the Religious honour due to Saints, and their Reliques require the same. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. viii. 15 By humble prostrating of their service. 1875 W. Blasius Storms App. 282 Marks of violence were unequivocally left—such marks as the breaking of limbs of trees, bending of fences, prostrating of corn or unhinging of a window-blind. 1892 E. F. Henderson tr. Rule St. Benedict in Select Hist. Documents Middle Ages iii. i. 300 With inclined head, or with prostrating of the whole body upon the ground, Christ..shall be adored. 1990 V. S. Naipaul India: Million Mutinies (1991) iii. 185 As soon as we came within prostrating distance, this fellow..made a dive with his other hand for Prakash's feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). prostratingadj. Brit. /prɒˈstreɪtɪŋ/, /prəˈstreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈprɑˌstreɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prostrate v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < prostrate v. + -ing suffix². N.E.D. (1909) indicates the stress as ˈprostrating. That prostrates or casts down; (chiefly figurative) overpowering, exhausting, enervating. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > making weak weakeninga1586 feebling1624 languefying1651 debilitating1674 debilitative1682 depauperating1770 adynamical1798 enervating1821 prostrating1822 adynamous1828 debilitant- 1822 J. Neal Logan I. iv. 56 It was not till the governour had spoken twice, that he had sufficiently recovered from the prostrating effect of her last look. 1840 E. A. Poe Ligeia in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 85 She succumbed..to the prostrating power of the destroyer [sc. an illness]. 1890 Athenæum 4 Jan. 17/2 To fight so long and bravely against the prostrating effects of a wasting illness. 1955 Times 12 May 11/4 A hearty has come to mean an oppressively cheerful, muscular and back-slapping personage who is prostrating company. 1978 K. Tynan Let. 21 May (1994) viii. 611 Took off from Rochester (after three prostrating days with Louise B.). 1990 Atlantic Apr. 52/1 It is the Dolby system, sometimes enhanced by George Lucas's more recent THX Sound System, that gives the music such prostrating force. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580adj.1822
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