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Definition of Recline

1. Verb. Move the upper body backwards and down.

2. Verb. Cause to recline. "She reclined her head on the pillow"

3. Verb. Lean in a comfortable resting position. "There recline some children in the rocking chair"; "He was reposing on the couch"

Definition of Recline

1. v. t. To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

2. v. i. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.

3. a. Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.

Definition of Recline

1. Verb. (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To put in a resting position. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To lean back. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To put one's self in a resting position. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recline

1. to lean or lie back [v -CLINED, -CLINING, -CLINES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recline

reclean recleaned recleaning recleans reclimb reclimbed reclimbing reclimbs reclinable reclinant

reclinate reclination reclinations recline (current term) reclineable reclined recliner recliners reclines reclining

reclining chair recloak recloaked recloaking recloaks reclock reclocked reclocking

Literary usage of Recline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"At the tables of the gods, after feasting follow music and song ; we will recline now under these island trees, and for our minstrel call on ANACREON. ..."

2. The poetical works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1827)
"W я cm in death I »hall calm recline, О bear my heart lo my mistress dear; Tell her it li*ed upon smiles and wine Of the brightest hue, while it linger'd ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1851)
"... and can be attached to the back of any railroad-car seat, die., and raised or lowered tu the proper height for the head, either to recline for ease, ..."

4. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"recline your head, and steal your weary eyes" from labor. Myself awhile will discharge your duty. To whom Palinurus, with difficulty lifting up his eyes, ..."

5. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"men and women were generally apart, though apparently in the same room. While conversing, they did not recline ..."

6. The Antiquary (1873)
"The park consists of an unbroken chain of undulations covered with a smooth velvet-like turf, upon which groups of deer recline or wander beneath the ..."

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