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Definition of Reclines
1. recline [v] - See also: recline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reclines
Literary usage of Reclines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"At either end, where the pediment narrows to a point, reclines a FIG. 33.—East
Pediment, Olympia. ..."
2. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1896)
"appears frequently upon later Greek funeral reliefs in the form of a banquet at
which the deceased reclines. The Spartan reliefs are even more remarkable ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"On the terrace is an aliar of Bacchus, with vessels of silver upon it, and beside
it reclines Paula, clad in purple and amber tissues shot with gold. ..."
4. The Lady's Poetical Magazine: Or Beauties of British Poetry (1781)
"... In princes palaces, and hermits cells ; Where pamper'd Wealth on bed of down
reclines, Where meagre Want on humble pallet pines. ..."
5. American Book-plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples by Charles Dexter Allen, James Roberts Brown, Henry Walter Fincham, Walter Hamilton, Eben Newell Hewins (1894)
"... allegory with a label to identify it; for the bank on which the muse of History
reclines is labelled Clio. A very peculiar pictorial plate is that of ..."
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