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recumb

recumb verb: to lean; to recline; to repose.

Verb

recumb (third-person singular simple present recumbs, present participle recumbing, simple past and past participle recumbed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To lean; to recline; to repose.
    • Of a faith, which consists in lolling, rolling, and recumbing upon ChristJuly 19 1761, John Allen, No Acceptance with God by Faith only (sermon)

Forms of recumb

third-person singular presentrecumbs
present participlerecumbing
past participlerecumbed
pastrecumbed

Origin of recumb

From Latin recumbō, from re- (“back”) + *cumbō, akin to cubō (“to lie down”).

Questions about recumb

What does recumb mean?
Recumb means to lean; to recline; to repose.
What part of speech is recumb?
Recumb is a verb.
What is the past tense of recumb?
The past tense of recumb is recumbed.

Words near recumb in the dictionary

  1. reculture
  2. recultured
  3. recultures
  4. reculturing
  5. Reculver
  6. recumb
  7. recumbancy
  8. recumbed
  9. recumbence
  10. recumbences
  11. recumbencies

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