recumb

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English

Etymology

From Latin recumbō, from re- (back) + *cumbō, akin to cubō (to lie down).

Verb

recumb (third-person singular simple present recumbs, present participle recumbing, simple past and past participle recumbed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To lean; to recline; to repose.
    • July 19 1761, John Allen, No Acceptance with God by Faith only (sermon)
      Of a faith, which consists in lolling, rolling, and recumbing upon Christ

References

recumb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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