Supine /(sū̇*pīn")/
Su·pine
Supine
a.
- Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
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Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine.
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Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation.
Supine
n.
- A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine. (Lat. Gram.)