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  1. 1. v. t. To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. move the upper body backwards and down Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. cause to recline Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. lean in a comfortable resting position Source: wordnet
  8. 8. To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden. 1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall. 2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch. Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.] They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton. Source: webster
  9. 9. To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in arecumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden. Source: adambom

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