Jacent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jacent \Ja"cent\, a. [L. jacens, p. pr. of jacere to lie: cf. F.
     jacent.]
     Lying at length; as, the jacent posture. [R.] --Sir H.
     Wotton.
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