Ac-cūm'bent1, a.
a. [Lat. accumbens, p. pr. of accumbere.] 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating was introduced after the first Punic war. Arbuthnot. 2. (Bot.) Lying against, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray.