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单词 discumb
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discumbv.

Forms: 1600s discumbe, 1600s 1800s discumb.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin discumbere.
Etymology: < classical Latin discumbere to lie down, recline < dis- dis- prefix + -cumbere to lie down (see cumbent adj.).
Obsolete.
intransitive. To recline, esp. at a table when dining.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] > at meals
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1639 R. Abbot Triall Church-forsakers xvi. 231 His was not a common Table gesture, but onely used at sacrifices and sacred Feasts, when they did discumbe or lye along.
1678 G. Bright Treat. Prayer 110 They used to discumb to eat.
a1816 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry (1819) II. iii. xiii. 250 It is amusing to one's self to indulge variety; to discumb and to rise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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