单词 | recumbence |
释义 | recumbencen.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > [noun] > reliance stay1532 reliance1606 recumbency1641 recumbence1648 1648 S. Rutherford Surv. Spirituall Antichrist ii. xxxvi. 36 Faith is an apprehension of Divine truth, to which wee give credit; or an heart-dependance and recumbence on God through Christ. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 378 The next Expedient is Faith and Recumbence upon those Promises of his. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. c Breaking off our comfortable recumbence and dependence upon the lovely person of our Lord Jesus. 1712 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. I. i. 17 There is a Notion..that..Recumbence on the Merits of Christ, justifies Sinners without any manner of Regard to the other Condition of the New Covenant. 1791 A. Serle New Dialogue of Dead 30 Apprehension and delight in the free grace of God, entire recumbence upon it, and deliverance from those errors, which tend to darken or diminish it. a1831 R. Hall in Wks. (1858) IV. lvi. 397 The expression implies habitual and progressive attention to the will of God; not merely a state of recumbence on the merit of Christ. 1840 J. C. Crosthwaite Serm. Pract. Subj. iii. 66 It is this recumbence upon God..which..sheds a calm sobriety over his joys and sorrows. 2. = recumbency n. 3. ΘΚΠ 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 1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World v. 91 An Inclination unto, and Recumbence of one Body upon another, for a mutual Support. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies ii. 221 Places for recumbence, spread with Persian or Turky carpets. 1827 G. S. Faber Origin Expiat. Sacrifice 129 The word, which inadequately has been rendered lieth, properly describes the couching or recumbence of an animal. 1886 Harper's Mag. Feb. 397/2 A short period of recumbence after lunch was wonderfully conducive to a refreshed clearness of mind later. 1929 P. Hamilton Midnight Bell i. 2 He apprehended that his clothes were wrinkled and frowsy from his heavy recumbence. 1972 Avian Dis. 16 463 Higher lethal doses produced a rapid recumbence uncomplicated by tremors. 2006 Spectator (Nexis) 29 July 55 A succession of salons await your recumbence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648 |
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