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Recline
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.] They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.