Accubation

Accubation
Accubation Ac`cu*ba"tion ([a^]k*k[-u]*b[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. accubatio, for accubitio, fr. accubare to recline; ad + cubare to lie down. See {Accumb}.] The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals. [1913 Webster]

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  • accubation — noun /ˌɑ.kju. beɪ.ʃən/ The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals. See Also: accumb, accumbent …   Wiktionary

  • accubation — The practice of eating or drinking while lying down …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • accubation —   n. obsolete act or state of reclining at table; Medicine, accouchement …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • Horizontality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Horizontality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 horizontality horizontality Sgm: N 1 flatness flatness Sgm: N 1 level level plane Sgm: N 1 stratum stratum &c. 204 Sgm: N 1 dead level dead level …   English dictionary for students

  • Gesture — Ges ture, n. [LL. gestura mode of action, fr. L. gerere, gestum, to bear, behave, perform, act. See {Gest} a deed.] 1. Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Accubation, or lying down at meals,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • accumbent — 1. adjective /əˈkʌmbənt/ a) Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. b) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf See Also: accumb, accumbency, accubation, recumbent 2. noun …   Wiktionary

  • lounging — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchant, couche, crawling, dallying, dawdling, decumbency, decumbent, dillydallying, dolce far niente, draped, flat, goofing off, groveling, idling, lazing, lingering, loafing,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lying — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchancy, couchant, couche, crawling, credibility gap, debasement, deceit, deceitful, deceptive, decumbency, decumbent, delusive, delusory, depression, dishonest, dishonesty, draped …   Moby Thesaurus

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