3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: accumbent adjective: lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: {decumbent}, {recumbent}, {reclining}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Accumbent \Ac*cum"bent\ (-bent), adjective 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. --Arbuthnot. 2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. --Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. --Eaton. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Accumbent \Ac*cum"bent\, noun One who reclines at table.

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