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accumbere [CL] , to lie down, recline (against). b to lie with (sexually). c to submit (to). V. et. accubare. apposta ecclesiae, cui idem adcumbens obierat Bede HE III 17; filii ~unt ‥ in circuitu mensae suae Gosc. Aug. Maj. 92; pedibus ejus ~ens Map NC III 3 p. 126; s1238 accubuit ibidem graviter infirmatus ‥ usque ad vite consummationem M. Par. Maj. III 518. b cujusdam socii sui ‥ uxorem seduxerat et accubuerat W. Fitzst. Thom. 11. c ecclesia, cui indubitata fide ~endum est J. Godard Ap. 250.

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