Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

2. (v. i.) To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.

3. (v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.

4. (v. t.) Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.