recumbent
adjective
lying down; reclining; leaning.
recumbence
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a word derived from
recumbent.
Example Sentences
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The consequences of these conditions must be the recumbence of the folds formed under the crust-stress, and their _déferlement_ towards the north.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
So I stepped on to the floor, reeling dizzily from my enforced recumbence, and knelt by the side of the bed.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Ernest Raymond
Casting eye of caution at recumbence, she paddled across the carpet and anon swam out over the snow.
From A Christmas Garland by Sir Max Beerbohm
The lungs are normal, except from complications following drenching or recumbence for a long period.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
