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Antonyms for recline

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-klahyn
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈklaɪn


Definition of recline

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French recliner "rest, lay; bend, lean over" (13c.) and directly from Latin reclinare "to bend back, to lean back; cause to lean," from re- "back, against" (see re-) + clinare "to bend," from PIE *klei-n-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)). Related: Reclined; reclining.
  • Recline is always as strong as lean, and generally stronger, indicating a more completely recumbent position, and approaching lie. [Century Dictionary]
  • verb lie down
Example sentences :
  • They lifted her into the carriage, and made what arrangements they best could to allow her to recline.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • To move, stand, or recline in an indolent or relaxed manner.
  • Extract from : « Scottish Ghost Stories » by Elliott O'Donnell
  • Some straw had been spread on the bottom, and on this Caius was directed to recline.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • The kettle chooses to sit still on the hob; the eagle to recline on the air.
  • Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
  • At last I was permitted to get up and recline in fauteuil or on sofa.
  • Extract from : « Our Home in the Silver West » by Gordon Stables
  • It was so arranged that Sybil Jones could recline, being then far from well.
  • Extract from : « Eli and Sibyl Jones » by Rufus Matthew Jones
  • It was covered with a carpet, and furnished with a pillow to recline on.
  • Extract from : « Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat » by Edmund Roberts
  • While the musicians repose they loiter, sauntering round, or recline on seats.
  • Extract from : « Nasby in Exile » by David R. Locke
  • I recline in the shelter of a tree, moving only as the shade moves.
  • Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix
  • Against these they recline, sitting cross legged on the ground.
  • Extract from : « Torrey's Narrative » by William Torrey

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