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recline
c.1420, from L.
reclinare
"to bend back, to lean back," from
re-
"back, against" +
clinare
"to bend," from PIE
*klei-n-,
suffixed form of
*klei
"to lean" (see
lean
(v.)).
Recliner
"chair in which one may recline" is attested from 1928.
