RESUPINATE

Adjective

resupinate (comparative more resupinate, superlative most resupinate)

(botany) Having the appearance of being upside down

(medicine) Lying on the back, supine.

Verb

resupinate (third-person singular simple present resupinates, present participle resupinating, simple past and past participle resupinated)

To supinate; to turn on the back.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Re*su"pi*nate, a. Etym: [L. resupinatus, p. p. of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine.]

Definition: Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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