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re⋅cline

  [ri-klahyn] verb, -clined, -clin⋅ing.
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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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME reclinen < L reclīnāre, equiv. to re- re- + clīnāre to lean 1

Related forms:
re⋅clin⋅a⋅ble, adjective
rec⋅li⋅na⋅tion  [rek-luh-ney-shuhn] , noun
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re·cline   (rĭ-klīn')   
v.   re·clined, re·clin·ing, re·clines

v.   tr.
To cause to assume a leaning or prone position.
v.   intr.
To lie back or down.

[Middle English reclinen, from Old French recliner, from Latin reclīnāre : re-, re- + -clīnāre, to bend; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]
rec'li·na'tion (rěk'lə-nā'shən) n.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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