Adjacent Words

Accumbent definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCUM'BENT, a. [L. accumbens, accumbo, from cubo. See Accubation.] Leaning or reclining, as the ancients at their meals.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: accumbent, decumbent, recumbent]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accumbent Ac*cum"bent (-bent), a. 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. --Arbuthnot. 2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. --Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. --Eaton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accumbent Ac*cum"bent, n. One who reclines at table.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Leaning, reclining.