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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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prostrate
Is he 'prostrate'?
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No, he's not lying flat.
- No, he's not lying flat.
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contrapositionIs he 'prostrate'?He might be praying, so that fits one of two basic definitions:
1. stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
2. lying flat with the face down
He is not prostrate by the second definition, however. (http://www.mer
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And he's not prostrate by the first definition either, since he's not stretched out. Prostration is complete, "flat-out" submission, literally (as in adoration of the divine) or metaphorically (as to, say, exhaustion).
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