Defn: Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.
RESUPINATE Re*su"pi*nate, a. Etym: [L. resupinatus, p. p. of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine.]
Defn: Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.
RESUPINATED
Re*su"pi*na`ted, a.
Defn: Resupinate.
RESUPINATION
Re*su`pi*na"tion, n.
Defn: The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate,
or reversed.
Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the
figure. Sir H. Wotton.
RESUPINE Re`su*pine", a. Etym: [L. resupinus; pref.re- re- + supinus bent backward, supine.]
Defn: Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.
RESUPPLY
Re`sup*ply", v. t.