Synonyms for recumbent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-kuhm-buhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkʌm bənt |
Définition of recumbent
Origin :- 1705, from Latin recumbentem (nominative recumbens), present participle of recumbere "recline, lie down, lie down again;" of things, "to fall, sink down, settle down," from re- "back" (see re-) + -cumbere "to lie down" (see succumb). Related: Recumbency (1640s). A verb, recumb, has been attempted in English occasionally since 1670s.
- adj lying down
- As he approached the recumbent figure he yelled a panted "Hi, there!"
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "Truss him up, Kenneth," he commanded, pointing to the recumbent figure.
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
- The repulsive task of searching the recumbent figure now lay before him.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- My eyes, accustomed to obscurity, traced an indistinct and recumbent form.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- The recumbent figure in bed seemed to have actually succumbed to sleep.
- Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte
- He raised the recumbent figure to a couch, and then looked at the wound.
- Extract from : « An Old Meerschaum » by David Christie Murray
- Jackson, riding by a recumbent group, spoke from the saddle.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- There was probably a recumbent figure on the top, but it has long since disappeared.
- Extract from : « Ely Cathedral » by Anonymous
- It represented a recumbent Sappho playing on a nine-stringed lyre.
- Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
- When this fancy occurred, I started from my recumbent posture.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 » by Various
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