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Recline   /rɪklˈaɪn/   Listen
verb
Recline  v. t.  (past & past part. reclined; pres. part. reclining)  To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. "The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast."


Recline  v. i.  
1.
To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
2.
To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.


adjective
Recline  adj.  Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. (R.) "They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers."





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"Recline" Quotes from Famous Books



... within, from the ground—looking up, as through a slanted tube—is also very curious. It certainly inclines as much as the most sanguine tourist could desire. The natural impulse of ninety-nine people out of a hundred, who were about to recline upon the grass below it, to rest, and contemplate the adjacent buildings, would probably be, not to take up their position under the leaning side; it is so very ...
— Pictures from Italy • Charles Dickens
... was in no hurry to go to bed. I had floated home in my gondola, listening to the slow splash of the oar in the narrow dark canals, and now the only thought that solicited me was the vague reflection that it would be pleasant to recline at one's length in the fragrant darkness on a garden bench. The odor of the canal was doubtless at the bottom of that aspiration and the breath of the garden, as I entered it, gave consistency to my purpose. It ...
— The Aspern Papers • Henry James
... had looked grave, and bidden him recline upon the rug outside the tent door, taking the arm in hand once more and gently unfastening the bandages before bathing and applying a soothing antiseptic application upon fresh lint to the wound, and bandaging ...
— In the Mahdi's Grasp • George Manville Fenn
... thought of my mother; the peaceful movement of the ship away from England; Monty's stories of his lovable boy officers; and the beauty of the seascape—all had something to do with it. At any rate, I found myself longing for the time when, after dinner, Doe and I, with Monty between us, should recline in deck-chairs under the stars, and ...
— Tell England - A Study in a Generation • Ernest Raymond
... evenings, when fatigued and over-excited, I recline apart on the sofa, or bury myself in the recesses of a fauteuil; when I am aware that my mind is wandering away to forbidden themes, I force my attention to what is going forward; and often see and hear much that is entertaining, ...
— The Diary of an Ennuyee • Anna Brownell Jameson


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