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Definition of Reclined
1. a. Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
Definition of Reclined
1. Verb. (past of recline) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reclined
1. recline [v] - See also: recline
Medical Definition of Reclined
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Reclined
Literary usage of Reclined
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Jesus: According to His Original Biographers by James Roberts Gilmore (1867)
"When several guests reclined on one couch their bodies overlapped, and the one
next below another, rested his head on or near the breast of the one behind ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Now, "gainst the vault's rude walls reclined, The cottage once his sire's he
seea, An early image fills his mind: 370 Embowered upon the banks of Tees; ..."
3. An Exposition of the Swedish Movement-cure ...: Together with a Summary of by George Herbert Taylor (1860)
"HALF-STRETCH reclined KICK-STANDING, TRUNK TWISTING. POSITION.—The position is
exactly like that in No. 51, and is seen in the cut, ACTION. — 1. ..."
4. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"On yonder ottoman reclined the other senator from Missouri on my left [Mr.
LINN], indulging, with smiles on his face, in pleasing meditations on the rise, ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"Tu к Master of the magic spell reclined upon the rocky shore, And view'd the
heaving billows' swell, ..."
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