prostrare

prostrare [back-formation from prostravi, prostratus, perf. & p. ppl. of CL prosternere] 1 to cause to fall prostrate, to knock or throw over or to the ground. b lay low, strike down, (opponent or enemy, in quot. transf.) to overthrow, bring down. 1312 pro meremio prostrando, scapulando et sicando Rec. Elton 169; ~o, A. to caste down WW. b tramite subtili latitans plus vulpe senili / rex studet in fine Thomam [Arundellie] prostrare ruine Gower CT II 250. 2 (refl.) to prostrate oneself, bow down to the ground (as sign of reverence or submission). per vicos et plateas populi se multitudo ~abat adorans et benedictionem petens H. Bos. Thom. III 37 p. 310. 3 to cause to fall to the ground: a to cut down, fell (tree or timber). b to pull down, tear down, demolish (building or structure). c (transf., without idea of falling down) to demolish, (in quot.) to (make) level. pro busca ~anda apud W., xx d. ob. Manners 79; 1298 ad meremium ~andum et scapulandum KR Ac 486/10; 1300 in eisdem [cheveronibus] ~andis et quadrandis KR Ac 479/16 m. 1; a1307 in vadiis ~ancium et scindencium blokkes pro bolis Ib. 260/19 m. 3; 1307 omnes ‥ nativi non possunt ‥ ~are meremium crescens in tenementis ‥ sine licencia Cust. Battle 21; 1319 duodecim homines ad laborandum potentes pro bosco ~ando sine dilacione eligi RScot 195b. b s1272 castrum de Roscaman ~atur per Hibernicos Ann. Exon. 14. c si quilibet araret vel ~aret partem dimidiam propinquiorem terre sue, ita consumi possent divise et adnihilari Bracton f. 167. 4 (leg.) to strike down, quash (writ). 1214 nomina recognitorum abreviantur in dorso brevis, quod ~atur CurR VII 82.

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