Pros"ti*tute, n. [L. prostituta.] 1. A woman giver to indiscriminate
lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.
2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous
employments for hire.
No hireling she, no prostitute to praise.
Pope.
Pros`ti*tu"tion (?), n. [L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.] 1. The
act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an
indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous
purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the
prostitution of the press. "Mental prostitution." Byron.
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Pros"ti*tu`tor (?), n. [L.] One who prostitutes; one who submits
himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes. Bp. Hurd.
||Pro*sto"mi*um (?), n.; pl. Prostomia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; before +
||&?;, &?;, mouth.] (Zoˆl.) That portion of the head of an annelid
||situated in front of the mouth. -- Pro*sto"mi*al (#), a.
Pros"trate (?), a. [L. prostratus, p. p. of prosternere to prostrate;
pro before, forward + sternere to spread out, throw down. See Stratum.]
1. Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other
surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate. Elyot.
Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire.
Milton.