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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accumbent \Ac*cum"bent\ (-bent), a. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accumbent \Ac*cum"bent\, n. One who reclines at table. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accumbent adj : lying down in a position of comfort or rest [syn: {decumbent}, {recumbent}, {reclining}]
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