SUPINE

supine. Supine, n. a kind of verbal word in grammar

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Su‐pine″ (sū̍‐pīn″), a. [[L. supinus, akin to sub under, super above. Cf. Sub-, Super-.]] 1. 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; — opposed to prone.
2. 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. Dryden. 3. 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. Woodward. Syn. — Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy. — Su‐pine″ly, adv. — Su‐pine″ness, n.