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Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.

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  1. a. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
  2. a. Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf.
  3. n. One who reclines at table.
  4. adj. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
  5. 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman.. accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot. 2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton. One who reclines at table.
  6. Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against anotherleaf. Gray.Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.Eaton.
  7. s. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest