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re⋅cum⋅bent

[ri-kuhm-buh

nt]

–adjective

1.	lying down; reclining; leaning.

2.	inactive; idle.

3.	Zoology, Botany. noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin.

–noun

4.	a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.

Origin:
1765–75; < L recumbent- (s. of recumbēns), prp. of recumbere to lie back, equiv. to re- re- + cumb-, akin to cubāre to lie down + -ent- -ent

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Language Translation for : recumbent

Spanish:

acostado, reclinado, tumbado, recostado, yacente,

German:

liegend,

Japanese:

横になった

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re·cum·bent (rĭ-kŭm'bənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest; reclining.
Resting; idle.
Biology Resting on the surface from which it arises. Used of an organ or other structure.

[Latin recumbēns, recumbent-, present participle of recumbere, to lie down : re-, re- + cumbere, to lie.]
re·cum'bence, re·cum'ben·cy n., re·cum'bent·ly adv.

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recumbent

1642 (implied in recumbency), from L. recumbentem (nom. recumbens), prp. of recumbere "to recline," from re- "back" + -cumbere "to lie down," related to cubare "be lying" (see cubicle). A verb, recumb, has been attempted in Eng. occasionally since 1677.

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recumbent
adjective
lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: accumbent]

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recumbent re·cum·bent (rĭ-kŭm'bənt)
adj.
Lying down, especially in a position of comfort; reclining.

re·cum'bence or re·cum'ben·cy n.

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Main Entry: re·cum·bent
Pronunciation: -b&nt
Function: adjective
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Recumbent

Re*cum"bent\ (-bet), a. [L. recumbens, -entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See Recumb, Incumbent.] Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle. -- Re*cum"bent*ly, adv.