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 ]
adj.
v. i. [ L. accumbere; ad + cumbere (only in compounds) to lie down. ] To recline, as at table. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who reclines at table. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To encumber. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare. ] Collected; accumulated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]