recline

Definition

To cause to lean back; to bend back.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline.

Example Sentences

• "She reclined her arms on the table and sighed."
• "The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt."
• "to recline against a wall"

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