Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to recline
Participle: reclined
Gerund: reclining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | recline |
| you | recline |
| he;she;it | reclines |
| we | recline |
| you | recline |
| they | recline |
Perfect
| I | have reclined |
| you | have reclined |
| he;she;it | has reclined |
| we | have reclined |
| you | have reclined |
| they | have reclined |
Past
| I | reclined |
| you | reclined |
| he;she;it | reclined |
| we | reclined |
| you | reclined |
| they | reclined |
Pluperfect
| I | had reclined |
| you | had reclined |
| he;she;it | had reclined |
| we | had reclined |
| you | had reclined |
| they | had reclined |
Future
| I | will recline |
| you | will recline |
| he;she;it | will recline |
| we | will recline |
| you | will recline |
| they | will recline |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reclined |
| you | will have reclined |
| he;she;it | will have reclined |
| we | will have reclined |
| you | will have reclined |
| they | will have reclined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | recline |
| you | recline |
| he;she;it | recline |
| we | recline |
| you | recline |
| they | recline |
Perfect
| I | have reclined |
| you | have reclined |
| he;she;it | have reclined |
| we | have reclined |
| you | have reclined |
| they | have reclined |
Imperfect
| I | reclined |
| you | reclined |
| he;she;it | reclined |
| we | reclined |
| you | reclined |
| they | reclined |
Pluperfect
| I | had reclined |
| you | had reclined |
| he;she;it | had reclined |
| we | had reclined |
| you | had reclined |
| they | had reclined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would recline |
| you | would recline |
| he;she;it | would recline |
| we | would recline |
| you | would recline |
| they | would recline |
Perfect
| I | would have reclined |
| you | would have reclined |
| he;she;it | would have reclined |
| we | would have reclined |
| you | would have reclined |
| they | would have reclined |
Imperative
| you | recline |
| we | Let's recline |
| you | recline |
Verbs conjugated like 'recline'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'recline'
decline,
reclone,
redline,
reline,
beeline,
deline,
encline,
freeline,
incline,
re-clone,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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.
2. Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline. See: Latin '
reclino'.
Sample Sentences
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A tall, dark-eyed, sallow woman, half rose from a couch on which she was reclining.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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CHAPTER XXV The Little Evangelist It was Sunday afternoon. St. Clare was stretched on a bamboo lounge in the verandah, solacing himself with a cigar. Marie lay reclined on a sofa, opposite the window opening on the verandah, closely secluded, under an awning of transparent gauze, from the outrages of the mosquitos, and languidly holding in her hand an elegantly [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The deceitful strength which had buoyed Eva up for a little while was fast passing away; seldom and more seldom her light footstep was heard in the verandah, and oftener and oftener she was found reclined on a little lounge by the open window, her large, deep eyes fixed on the rising and falling waters of the lake.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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She found Marie reclining at length upon a lounge, supporting herself on one elbow by pillows, while Jane, who had been out shopping, was displaying before her certain samples of thin black stuffs.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)