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Meaning of RESUPINE

Pronunciation:  `reesoo'pIn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  lying face upward
 
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 Synonyms: supine, unerect
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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