Noah Webster
Recline
RECLI'NE, verb transitive [Latin reclino; re and clino, to lean.]
To lean back; to lean to one side or sideways; as, to recline the head on a pillow, or on the bosom of another, or on the arm.
The mother reclin'd her dying head upon his breast.
RECLI'NE, verb intransitive To lean; to rest or repose; as, to recline on a couch.
RECLI'NE, adjective [Latin reclinis.] Leaning; being in a leaning posture.
They sat recline on the soft downy bank damask'd with flowers. [Little Used.]