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cumbent
cumbent, a. (ˈkʌmbənt) [ad. L. -cumbent-em, pr. pple. of -cumbĕre to lie down, used only in comp., accumbĕre, recumbĕre, etc.] Lying down, in a reclining position: esp. of figures in statuary.1644 Evelyn Diary 12 Nov., Cumbent figures of marble. 1670–98 R. Lassels Voy. Italy I. 129 It represents..St...
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unrecumbent
unreˈcumbent, a. (un-1 7.)1784 Cowper Task v. 29 The cattle..seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness.
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procumbent
procumbent, a. (prəʊˈkʌmbənt) [ad. L. prōcumbent-em, pr. pple. of prōcumb-ĕre to fall forwards, bend down, f. prō, pro-1 1 b + *cumb-ĕre to lay oneself: see cumbent.] 1. Lying on the face, prone; prostrate.1721 Bailey, Procumbent, lying along. 1755 Johnson, Procumbent, lying down, prone. 1791 Cowper...
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discumb
† diˈscumb, v. Obs. rare. [ad. L. discumb-ĕre to lie down, recline, f. dis- 1 + -cumbĕre to lie down: cf. cumbent.] intr. To recline (at table). Hence diˈscumbing vbl. n. and ppl. a.1683 J. Evans Kneeling at Sacrament i. 21 At the beginning of the Paschal Feast the Jews did put themselves into this ...
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ventri-
ventri- (ˈvɛntrɪ) comb. form of L. ventri-, venter venter1, occurring in various terms, as ventriˈcornu Anat., the ventral extension of gray matter in the substance of the spinal cord; hence ventriˈcornual a.; ventriˈcumbent a., lying on the belly; prone, prostrate; ˈventriduct v., to bring to or tu...
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lateri-
lateri- (ˈlætərɪ) combining form of L. later-, latus side, in scientific terms: cf. latero-. ˌlateri-ˈcumbent (-ˈkʌmbənt) a. [L. cumbent-em, pr. pple. of cumbĕre to lie], lying on the side. lateri-ˈflexion [cf. F. lateriflexion], a flexion or bending sideways; lateral curvature (Cent. Dict.). lateri...
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decumbent
decumbent, a. (n.) (dɪˈkʌmbənt) [ad. L. dēcumbent-em, pr. pple. of dēcumb-ĕre to lie down, f. de- I. 1 + -cumbĕre to lie.] 1. Lying down, reclining. Now rare or Obs.1656 Blount Glossogr., Decumbent, that lyes or sits down; or dyes. a 1692 Ashmole Antiq. Berksh. I. 2 (R.) The decumbent portraiture of...
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superincumbent
ˌsuperinˈcumbent, a. [ad. L. superincumbent-em, pr. pple. of superincumbĕre: see super- 2 and incumbent.] Lying or resting upon, or situated on the top of, something else; overlying. (Chiefly in scientific use.)1664 Power Exp. Philos. ii. 105 The variation of the gravity of the Superincumbent Ayr. 1...
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dors-
dorsi-, (dors-) combining form of L. dors-um back (chiefly in anatomical, zoological, and botanical terms) = ‘back-; of, to, on the back’. (Sometimes less properly in the sense ‘back and ―’, which is correctly expressed by dorso-.) Used in modern formations, as dorsiˈbranchiate a., having gills on t...
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incumbent
▪ I. incumbent, n. (ɪnˈkʌmbənt) [ad. L. incumbent-em: see next. The use of the term in senses 1 and 2 is peculiar to English, and app. belongs to a med.L. sense of L. incumbĕre = ‘obtinere, possidere, ut est apud Jurisconsultos’ (Du Cange).] 1. The holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.1425 Rolls Par...
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cross-legged
cross-legged, ppl. a. (ˈkrɒsˌlɛgd, ˈkrɔːs-) [cross- 11.] Having the legs crossed (usually of a person in a sitting posture).c 1530 Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 252 Some sytting before their owne dores, croslegged. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. (1698) I. xii. 329 They use no Chairs, but sit cross-legg'...
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