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Synonyms for supine

Grammar : Adj
Spell : adjective soo-pahyn; noun soo-pahyn
Phonetic Transcription : adjective suˈpaɪn; noun ˈsu paɪn

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Définition of supine

Origin :
  • c.1500, from Latin supinus "turned or thrown backwards, inactive, indolent," related to sub "under" (see sub-). The grammatical use for "Latin verbal noun formed from the past participle stem" is from Late Latin supinum verbum "supine verb," perhaps so called because, though furnished with a noun case ending, it "falls back" on the verb.
  • adj lying down
  • adj inactive
Example sentences :
  • For some time after she had been seized by Roderic, she had remained unconscious and supine.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Supine, routed we rest; and above all, above the universe, is the silence of the Shadow.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • He began to sink slowly back into the blankets, supine and inert.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • Erect or supine, these colossal statues were strewn all over the island.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • One may be melancholy by the sea, but never morbid or supine.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 » by Various
  • The supine position, as in the adult, is imposed only at night.
  • Extract from : « Stories in Light and Shadow » by Bret Harte
  • In this supine, hopeless state, the priest could in no way prevail on him.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure of Pearls » by Gustave Aimard
  • She was right, because she could not see beneath the rags the supine form of a man.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
  • Thereupon the supine cousins demanded to share in what had so been won.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • He sang of melancholy, but he was never reconciled to supine resignation.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
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