Recumbent Definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECUMB'ENT, a. [L. recumbens.]
1. Leaning; reclining; as the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals.
2. Reposing; inactive; idle.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie Date: 1705 1. a. suggestive of repose ; leaning, resting b. lying down 2. representing a person lying down <a recumbent statue> Synonyms: see prone

English Explanatory Dictionary

r??kju:p?re?t v. 1 intr. recover from illness, exhaustion,loss, etc. 2 tr. regain (health, something lost, etc.). øørecuperableadj. recuperation n. recuperative adj. recuperator n. [L recuperare recuperat-recover]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. lying down; reclining. Derivatives: recumbency n. recumbently adv. Etymology: L recumbere recline (as RE-, cumbere lie)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Recumbent Re*cum"bent (-bet), a. [L. recumbens, -entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See Recumb, Incumbent.] Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle. -- Re*cum"bent*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A recumbent figure or person is lying down. (FORMAL) He looked down at the recumbent figure. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Leaning, reclining, lying. 2. Reposing, inactive, listless, idle.

Moby Thesaurus

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