All 4 Uses of
prostrate
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- The old lies and formal prostrations.†
Chpt 2
- The old lady, prostrated with grief, welcomed Katya as a daughter, as her one hope, clutched at her, altered her will in Katya's favor.†
Chpt 3 *
- For some seconds he examined the prostrate figure before him.†
Chpt 8
- Alas! it never entered Mitya's head to tell them, though he remembered it, that he had jumped back from pity, and standing over the prostrate figure had even uttered some words of regret: "You've come to grief, old man—there's no help for it.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(prostrate) lying down - typically face downward on the ground as in submission