recumb

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To lean; to recline; to repose.
   • July 19 1761, John Allen, No Acceptance with God by Faith only (sermon)

     Of a faith, which consists in lolling, rolling, and recumbing upon Christ

Related terms

• recumbent

References

“recumb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cumber, cumbre