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(1):

(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.

(2):

(a.) Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.

(3):

(a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; - opposed to prone.

(4):

(a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Supine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/supine.html. 1828.
 
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