horizontalizev.
a. transitive. To place in a horizontal position.
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the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > place in horizontal position [verb (transitive)]
horizontalize1837
1837 T. Hook Jack Brag III. vii. 295 With his little legs horizontalized on his lodging-house sofa.
b. to horizontalize it (humorous): to lie down flat.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)]
leanc950
resteOE
liec1000
to be laidc1175
layc1300
to lie along1530
recline1578
to horizontalize it1843
recumb1906
cwtch1921
1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 39 My friend..was still horizontalising it on the chairs.
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horiˌzontaliˈzation n. the action of making horizontal; spec. in Craniometry, the placing of the skull with the datum-plane truly horizontal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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