resumptive ( psilent)

& s. [Lat. resump tivus, from resumptus, pa. par. of resumo to resume (q. v.); O. Fr. resomptif.] A. As adj .: Taking back or again; resuming. B. As subst.: A restoring medicine; a restorative. re-sú-pin-āte, re-sū-pin-at-ěd, adj . [Latin res up in at us , pa. par. of resupino to throw on one's back: re -back, and supino , to lay backward.] *1. Ord. Lang .: Inverted, reversed; appearing as if turned upside down. 2. Botany : (1) Inverted in position by a twisting of the stalk, as the flowers of Orchis. (2) ( Of some Agarici ): Having the hymenium uppermost instead of undermost. re-su-pin-ā-tion, s . [RESUPINATE.] The act of laying on the back or inverting; the state of being resupinate or reversed. "A resupination of the figure."- Wotton : Remains , p. 62. re-su-pine, a . [Lat. res up in us . ] [RESUPINATE.] 1. Lit .: Lying on the back; on one's back. "He spake, and downward sway'd, fell resupine." Cowper: Homer's Ody ey, ix. 2. Fig.: Supine.