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1. (adj.) supine
lying on the back, face upward.
2. supine
(of the hand) having the palm turned forward or upward.
3. supine
(of the foot) having the sole turned upward or outward.
4. supine
inactive, passive, or inert, esp. from indolence or indifference.
5. (n.) supine
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū,“wonderful to say.”
6. supine
(in English) the infinitive of a verb preceded by
to.
Etymology: (1490–1500; < L supīnus lying faceup, inactive)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) supine, resupine
lying face upward
2. (adj) resistless, supine, unresisting
offering no resistance
"resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) supine
lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone
2. (adj) supine
leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined
3. (adj) supine
negligent; heedless; indolent; listless
4. (noun) supine
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
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