Definition of recumbent Recumbent
re•cum•bent
We found 6 definitions of recumbent from 4 different sources.
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What does recumbent mean?
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- recumbent (a.)
Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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recumbent
rē-kum′bent, adj. lying back: reclining: idle.—ns. Recum′bence, Recum′bency.—adv. Recum′bently. [L. recumbĕre—re-, back, cubāre, to lie down.]
