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RECUMBENT

\ɹɪkˈʌmbənt], \ɹɪkˈʌmbənt], \ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈʌ_m_b_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of RECUMBENT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Recumbently.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Recumbently.
Reclining; leaning.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Lying back; reclining.
Recumbency.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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