Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-CUM'BENCE, or DE-CUM'BEN-CY
DE-CUM'BENCE, or DE-CUM'BEN-CY, n. [L. decumbens, from decumbo, to lie down; de and cumbo, to lie down.]
The act of lying down; the posture of lying down. – Brown.
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