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Webster 1913 Edition


Accumbent

Ac-cum′bent

(-bent)
,
Adj.
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.

Ac-cum′bent

,
Noun.
One who reclines at table.

Webster 1828 Edition


Accumbent

ACCUM'BENT

,
Adj.
[L. accumbens, accumbo, from cubo. See Accubation.] Leaning or reclining, as the ancients at their meals.