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Prostrate

Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Loft 76% connected

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Prostration 74% connected

The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Prostration 74% connected

The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bow 66% connected

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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Bow 66% connected

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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Flat 92% connected

Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prone 92% connected

Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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