prostrate
verb (used with object)
to cast (oneself ) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
will prostrate
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future tenseof prostrate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes John Paul will prostrate himself before the altar.
From Time Magazine Archive
And so will they do till the end of this world; they will do so even then, when all the gods themselves have disappeared, for then men will prostrate themselves before and worship some idea.
From The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"I caution you to calm yourself and take some rest, or severe sickness will prostrate you ere long."
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton
All the people will prostrate themselves and adore them.
From The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason by Grenville Kleiser
In vain shall we say Do not worship idols, until the true object of adoration is supplied, for the heart must and will prostrate itself at some shrine.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. Chadwick
