recline
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Recline on a daybed with an old book, and forget which decade it is.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2015
The Recline and Fall of Western Civilization Tilting your seat back on an airplane is pure evil.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2013
There, flocking in, the Trojans and their King Recline on purple coverlets outspread.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Recline, rē-klīn′, v.t. to lean or bend backwards: to lean to or on one side.—v.i. to lean: to rest or repose.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
O'er the young and buried bride, Let the cypress wave: A kingdom's hope, a kingdom's pride, Recline in yonder grave.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
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