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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1566-1585
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Prostrat(e, v. [e.m.E. and late ME prostrate (c 1400), p.t. and p.p. prostratit (Caxton), -ed, also prostrate (16th c.), intr., also tr. (1483), reflex. (1530), f. as Prostrat(eadj.] a. reflex. To cast (oneself) down, as in submission. b. tr. To offer (something) submissively or reverently. c. intr. To fall down flat (on the ground; see Law adv. 1 b). —a. 1566 (16..) Bk. Univ. Kirk I 79.
That he … prostrate himself befor the whole brethren, with weiping and houleing —b. a1568 Bann. Bannatyne MS 234 b/59.
I … with … quaking pen … Prostratis my seruice law doun at ȝour feit —c. a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxv 8.
By cours of nature luiking for sum rest … I prostrat law and thus closit my sicht
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