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resupinate

US/ɹəˈsupɪnɪt/

resupinate adjective: having the appearance of being upside down.

Adjective

resupinate (comparative more resupinate, superlative most resupinate)

  1. Having the appearance of being upside down.
    • resupinate flowers
    • resupinate fruiting bodies
  2. Lying on the back.
    Synonyms:
    supine

Verb

US/ɹəˈsupɪnˌeɪt/

resupinate (third-person singular simple present resupinates, present participle resupinating, simple past and past participle resupinated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To supinate.
    1. (intransitive, transitive) To lie back into a supine position.

Synonyms of resupinate

Forms of resupinate

Adjective
comparativemore resupinate
superlativemost resupinate
Verb
third-person singular presentresupinates
present participleresupinating
past participleresupinated
pastresupinated

Origin of resupinate

From Latin resupino, where the re- prefix occurs in its "back or backward" sense, not its "again" sense.

Words formed from resupinate

Questions about resupinate

What does resupinate mean?
Resupinate means having the appearance of being upside down.
What part of speech is resupinate?
Resupinate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce resupinate?
Resupinate is pronounced /ɹəˈsupɪnɪt/ (US).

Words near resupinate in the dictionary

  1. resuperheat
  2. resuperheated
  3. resuperheating
  4. resuperheats
  5. resuperimposed
  6. resupinate
  7. resupinated
  8. resupinately
  9. resupinates
  10. resupinating
  11. resupination

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