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单词 recumbency
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recumbencyn.

Brit. /rᵻˈkʌmb(ə)nsi/, U.S. /rəˈkəmbənsi/, /riˈkəmbənsi/
Forms: 1600s recumbencie, 1600s– recumbency.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin recumbent- , recumbēns , recumbere , -ency suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin recumbent-, recumbēns, present participle of recumbere recumb v.: see -ency suffix. Compare recumbent adj., recumbence n.
1. A falling back, a relapse. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > moral fall or lapse > moral relapse
recidivationa1425
relapsec1475
resiluation1513
residuationa1535
relapsing1591
quadrulapse1595
recumbency1601
recidivism1884
recidivity1890
1601 T. L. tr. Luis de Granado Flowers I. xii. f. 78 If after the grace of this vocation thou hast lost thine innocence of Baptisme by thy recumbencie [L. relapsus] in sin, behold it pleased our Lord God to cal thee again.
2. Reliance, dependence, trust; an instance of this. Usually with on, upon. Obsolete.Chiefly in religious contexts.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > [noun] > reliance
stay1532
reliance1606
recumbency1641
recumbence1648
1641 E. Leigh Treat. Divine Promises (ed. 2) i. 53 (margin) Gods promises of things temporall and to heare us for others, are but indefinite not universall. The faith therefore required toward them is but an indefinite act of recumbency and submission not of assurance.
1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience x. 74 The life and formality of faith, which consisteth onely in a recumbency on God in Christ.
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 178 In some there ought to be an eminency.., upon whom the greatest recumbency of Churches may be laid.
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 65 His great arrows are..fixed in the very hearts of mens delights and recumbencies.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) He had a great Recumbency upon his Promise.
1738 J. Wesley Serm. (1838) I. 7 A recumbency upon him as our atonement and our life.
1826 R. Hall Wks. (1832) 394 It produces recumbency, a slothful dependence upon God and neglect of the precautions of religion and the rules of duty.
1870 W. G. T. Shedd Homiletics iii. 86 There is not this recumbency upon objective and eternal truth, its inherent finiteness and feebleness sooner or later appear.
3.
a. The state of reclining or lying down; recumbent posture or position.In later use frequently in medical contexts.
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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
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 106 The Tricliniums, or places of festivall Recumbency . View more context for this quotation
1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. iii. 138 The Head or upper End of this Bed..was..the Chief Place of Recumbency.
1752 Eunuch iv. 59 Finding recumbency most convenient, after the fatigue of our travels, we maintained that disposition till about ten o'clock.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 82 Relaxation of the languid frame, By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs.
1836 E. Howard Rattlin, the Reefer III. xvi. 201 There was not much room for recumbency.
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 193 If the patient be feeble, constant recumbency on the back is to be avoided.
1931 A. Gardner Medieval Sculpture in France iv. 347 This [sc. the monument sculpture] was modelled on the upright statue with little allowance for its attitude of recumbency.
1968 Brain 91 478 Our less severely affected patients differed only in that these truncal movements were absent in recumbency.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. xiv. 43 Pressures of CSF are always measured with the patient in lateral recumbency.
b. figurative. Rest, repose; torpor. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest
roOE
restOE
leathc1175
quieta1398
leathinga1400
restinga1450
reposinga1470
reposec1485
requiem1565
respire1590
reposure1602
reposal1614
reposance1647
lassation1650
recumbency1653
requiescence1654
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 451 To invite all errours..to a recumbency or rest in their bosome.
a1704 J. Locke Conduct of Understanding §27 in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 85 When the Mind has been once habituated to this lazy Recumbency and Satisfaction on the obvious Surface of things, it is in danger to rest satisfy'd there.
1911 S. Phillips New Inferno vi. 67 Never a quiver or slight tremble passed Over that drugged recumbency of soul.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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