dictionary definitions for "reclined"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reclined \Re*clined"\ (r[-e]*kl[imac]nd"), a. (Bot.)
     Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recline \Re*cline"\ (r[-e]*kl[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Reclined (r[-e]*kl[imac]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.]
     [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See
     Incline, Lean to incline.]
     To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in
     a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
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           The mother
           Reclined her dying head upon his breast. --Dryden.
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