different between overpower vs prostrate

English

Etymology

over- +? power

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v??pa??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /o?.v??pa??.?/

Verb

overpower (third-person singular simple present overpowers, present participle overpowering, simple past and past participle overpowered)

1. (transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.

   We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours.

2. (transitive) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.

   Bright light overpowers the eyes.
3. (transitive) To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.

   The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly overpowered the herbs.
4. (video games, transitive) To make excessively powerful.

   Antonym: nerf

Translations

English

Etymology

Latin pr?str?tus, past participle of pr?sternere (“to prostrate”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??st?e?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??st?e?t/
• Hyphenation: pros?trate

Adjective

prostrate (not comparable)

1. Lying flat, face-down.

   Synonym: prone

   Antonym: supine

   • 1945, Sir Winston Churchill, VE Day speech from House of Commons:

     Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.

2. (figuratively) Emotionally devastated.
3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.

4. (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

Translations

Verb

prostrate (third-person singular simple present prostrates, present participle prostrating, simple past and past participle prostrated)

2. (often reflexive) To lie flat or face-down.
3. (also figuratively) To throw oneself down in submission.
4. To cause to lie down, to flatten.
5. (figuratively) To overcome or overpower.
   • 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind

     Why this very minute she's prostrated with grief.

Usage notes

• Prostrate and prostate are often confused, in spelling if not in meaning.

Related terms

• prostration

Translations

See also

• kowtow

Anagrams

• Perrottas

Italian

Verb

prostrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of prostrare
2. second-person plural imperative of prostrare
3. feminine plural of prostrato

Latin

Participle

pr?str?te

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?str?tus