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prone position
Definition
lying face downward
- Nevertheless, he caught sight of the archdeacon prone upon the earth in the mud.2.9.1 — Vol 2 Bk 9 Chpt 1 — Delirium (70% in)
prone = lying face downward
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- Traditions had brought forth symbols, beneath which they disappeared like the trunk of a tree beneath its foliage; all these symbols in which humanity placed faith continued to grow, to multiply, to intersect, to become more and more complicated; the first monuments no longer sufficed to contain them, they were overflowing in every part; these monuments hardly expressed now the primitive tradition, simple like themselves, naked and prone upon the earth.1.5.2 — Vol 1 Bk 5 Chpt 2 — This Will Kill That (12% in)
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