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resupine, a.|riːs(j)uːˈpaɪn|
[ad. L. resupīn-us: see re- and supine a. So obs. F. resupin, Pg. resupino, It. re-, risupino.]
†1. Listless, apathetic. Obs. rare.
1628–9Digby Voy. Medit. (Camden) 13 note, A most resupine patience in their sufferance. 1643― Observ. Relig. Med. (1644) 63 In what a tortured condition they must bee..for their most resupine and senselesse madnesse.
2. Lying on the back; inclined backwards.
1669Boyle Cont. New Exp. ii. (1682) 88 A fourth Fly being thrust in,..at last suffering some convulsion, she lay unmoved and resupine. 1753N. Torriano Midwifery 35 Where the Womb is..resupine. 1791Cowper Odyssey viii. 458 One, resupine, Upcast it high toward the dusky clouds. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. vii. i. (1871) III. 245 Sansculottism..was flung resupine the next instant. 1837― Misc. Ess., Diamond Necklace, The very Concierge resupine. |