reclimb ( b silent)

t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. climb.] To climb or ascend again. "Reclimbed the steep And gain'd the shrine." IMG:content-0285.png:[blocks in formation] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; reclused rěc-li-nā-tion, subst. [O. Fr. (Fr. réclinaison ), from Lat. reclinatus, pa. par. of reclino =to recline (q. v.).] I. Ord. Lang.: The act or state of leaning or reclining. II. Technically : 1. Dialing : The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. 2. Surg .: The proce of removing a cataract by applying the needle to the anterior surface and pre ing it down into the vitreous humor, so that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one. ( Dun glison .) *re-cli-na-tor-y, *re-cly-na-tor-ye, s. [Low Lat. reclinatorium .] A resting-place. re-cline', v . t. & i. [Lat. reclino =to lean back: re -back, and clino =to lean; French récliner ; Sp. & Port. reclinar ; Ital. reclinare .] A. Trans.: To lean back; to lean sideways or to one side; to repose. "The head reclined , the loosened hair." B. Intransitive : Scott : Rokeby , i. 32. 1. To lean, to repose, to rest; to take or be in a recumbent position. "His snowy neck reclines upon his breast." Dryden: Virgil's Eneid, ix. 581. *2. 'To lean or fall back. "Now behold the battlements recline." Goldsmith: An Oratorio, iii. trě-cline', adj . [Latin reclinis .] [RECLINE, v.] Reclining, leaning; in a reclining or recumbent position. "They sat recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers." Milton: P. L. , iv. 333. rě-clined', pa . par . & a. [RECLINE, v .] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : Bot.: The same as RECLINATE (q. v.). re-clin-er, s . [Eng.reclin(e), v.; -er.] One who or that which reclines; specific., a dial whose plane reclines from a vertical position; a reclining dial. rě-clin'-ing, pr . par . & a. [RECLINE, v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : Bot.: The same as RECLINATE (q. v.).