1. The act or process of reclaiming.
2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.
I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice, try clemency.
Landor. Reclasp
(Re*clasp") v. i. To clasp or unite again.
Reclinant
(Re*clin"ant) a. [L. reclinans, p. pr. See Recline.] Bending or leaning backward.
Reclinate
(Rec"li*nate) a. [L. reclinatus, p. p.] (Bot.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the
point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.
Reclination
(Rec`li*na"tion) n. [Cf. F. réclinaison.]
1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a
horizontal line. Brande & C.
3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface,
and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes
the upper one and its back surface the lower one. Dunglison.
Recline
(Re*cline") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined (-klind"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref.
re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.] To cause or permit to lean, incline,
rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
The mother
Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
Dryden. Recline
(Re*cline"), v. i.
1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
Recline
(Re*cline"), a. [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.] Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
[R.]
They sat, recline
On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers.
Milton.
