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单词 discumbiture
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discumbituren.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: decumbiture n.
Etymology: Probably an alteration of decumbiture n., after classical Latin discumb-, present stem of discumbere discumb v. Compare discumbitory adj., discubiture n.
Obsolete.
The state of reclining or lying down; recumbent position or posture.The work referred to in quot. 1655 is actually titled Culpeper's Astrologicall Judgment of Diseases From the Decumbiture of the sick much Enlarged (see decumbiture n. 2).
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun]
lairc893
lying?c1225
reclination1556
discubation1641
discumbing1641
decumbence1646
decumbency1646
discumbency1646
recubation1646
recumbency1646
discumbiture1655
discubiture1656
discumbence1656
decubation1664
decumbiture1670
recumbence1670
decubitus1879
1655 Catal. Nath. Brooke sig. M4v, in R. Turner tr. Paracelsus Supreme Myst. Nature Culpepers Semiotica, or his Astrological Judgement of Diseases, much enlarged from the discumbiture of the sick.
1684 Vindic. Case Indifferent Things 39 It was required that discumbiture should be used in all Religious Feasts.
1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. v. 82 This [sc. flesh] is a soft Bed of it self, and makes Discumbiture a delightful Posture.
1709 J. Edwards Preacher: Third Pt. 93 They had Degenerated from the Antients who used to Sit at their Feasts, whereas at that time they used Discumbiture.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Up 4. From a state of concealment or discumbiture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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