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PROSTR-ayt/ˈprɒstreɪt/

Prostrate means lying face down, or completely exhausted and overcome: a prostrate unnamed spare, prostrate with fatigue. Exhausted (already in the dictionary) is the close twin; dedication-talk does not staff a night.

Meaning

Lying face down; also completely exhausted or overcome (from exhausted, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “A prostrate unnamed spare is still a cover hole, not “dedication”.”
• “Exhausted is already in this course. Laid low is the close twin. Dedication is a slogan. A name on the log is cover. Write the name; then call it dedication if the grid is still full.”

Good to know

Face down; utterly exhausted. Close: exhausted (already in the dictionary). “Dedication” ≠ a named spare.

Near in meaning

prone, laid low, exhausted

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