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līen
v.(1)
645 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) To adopt a recumbent posture, lie down; -- also refl.;
lien a)doun
; (b) to go to bed, take to one's bed;
lien doun
, be confined;
lien and risen
, dwell, abide;
liing and rising
, as adv. phrase…
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