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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.
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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.
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