recumb

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

present singular third person recumbs · participle present recumbing · participle past recumbed · past recumbed

intransitiveobsoleteTo lean; to recline; to repose.
Of a faith, which consists in lolling, rolling, and recumbing upon Christ
July 19 1761, John Allen, No Acceptance with God by Faith only (sermon)

verblean in a comfortable resting position

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

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