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verb (reclines, reclining, reclined)
  1. (transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
  2. (transitive) To put in a resting position.
She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.
  1. (intransitive) To lean back.
  2. (intransitive) To put one's self in a resting position.
Etymology: From Latin reclinare, "to bend back". Confer "decline", "incline".


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