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accumb

accumb verb: to recline, as at table.

Verb

accumb (third-person singular simple present accumbs, present participle accumbing, simple past and past participle accumbed)

  1. (obsolete) To recline, as at table.

Forms of accumb

third-person singular presentaccumbs
present participleaccumbing
past participleaccumbed
pastaccumbed

Origin of accumb

From Latin accumbō (“recline (at a table)”), from ad- + *cumbō (“lie down”).

Words formed from accumb

Questions about accumb

What does accumb mean?
Accumb means to recline, as at table.
What part of speech is accumb?
Accumb is a verb.
What is the past tense of accumb?
The past tense of accumb is accumbed.

Words near accumb in the dictionary

  1. acculturing
  2. acculturize
  3. acculturized
  4. acculturizes
  5. acculturizing
  6. accumb
  7. accumbal
  8. accumbant
  9. accumbed
  10. accumbence
  11. accumbency

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