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re·cline
/
rɪˈklaɪn
/
Show Spelled
[
ri-
klahyn
]
Show IPA
verb,
re·clined,
re·clin·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English
reclinen
<
Latin
reclīnāre,
equivalent to
re-
re-
+
clīnāre
to
lean
1
Related forms
re·clin·a·ble,
adjective
rec·li·na·tion
/
ˌrɛk
ləˈneɪ
ʃən
/
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[
rek-l
uh
-
ney
-sh
uh
n
]
Show IPA
,
noun
half-re·clined,
adjective
half-re·clin·ing,
adjective
un·re·clined,
adjective
un·re·clin·ing,
adjective
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World English Dictionary
recline
(rɪˈklaɪn)
—
vb
to rest or cause to rest in a leaning position
[C15: from Old French
recliner
, from Latin
reclīnāre
to lean back, from
re-
+
clīnāre
to
lean
1
]
re'clinable
—
adj
reclination
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
recline
c.1420, from L. reclinare "to bend back, to lean back," from re- "back, against" + clinare "to bend," from PIE *klei-n-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see
lean
(v.)). Recliner "chair in which one may recline" is attested from 1928.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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