Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lying on the back; supine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lying on the back; supine. Also
resupinate . - Specifically, in entomology, with the inferior surface upward, as when an insect lies on its back, or any part is twisted so that the lower surface is seen from above.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lying on the
back ;supine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lying face upward
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin resupīnus : re-, re- + supīnus, supine; see supine.]
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Latin resupinus; prefix re- re- + supinus bent backward, supine.
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Examples
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Sansculottism, once more flung resupine, lies sprawling; sprawling its last.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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As he lay on the bed half resupine, propped up with pillows, and also slept in that posture, his lower jaw dropped by its own weight, when the voluntary power of the muscles was suspended.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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