| Pronunciation: | `reesoo'pIn | ||
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| Matching Terms: | resupinate, resupinated, resupination | ||
| Definition: | [adj] lying face upward | ||
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| Synonyms: | supine, unerect | ||
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| Definition: | \Re`su*pine"\, a. [L. resupinus; pref. re- re- +
supinus bent backward, supine.]
Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. --Sir K. Digby.
He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his
huge neck aslant. --Cowper.
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