Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman.. accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot.
Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton.
One who reclines at table.
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