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Webster 1913 Edition

(r?kˊ?-b?′sh?n)

Noun.

[L.

recubare

to lie upon the back.]

Recumbence.

[Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Noun.

[L. recubo; re and cubo, to lie down.]

The act of lying or leaning. [Little used.]

recubation ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) recumbence
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