See Also: procumbent(medicine)
procumbent(dictionary)

immediately (iou) and procumbent (iou)


immediately (iou)



immediately adverb & conjunction. LME.
[from IMMEDIATE + -LY2, rendering medieval Latin immediate.]
A. adverb.
Without intermediary agency; in direct connection or relation; so as to affect directly. LME.
With no person, thing, or distance intervening; next (before or after); closely. LME.
Without delay, at once, instantly. LME.
b. conjunction. At the moment that, as soon as. M19.

procumbent (iou)



procumbent adjective. M17.
[Latin procumbent- pres. ppl stem of procumbere fall forwards, formed as PRO-1 + -cumbere: see CUMBENT.]
Botany. Of a plant or stem: lying flat on the ground without throwing out roots; growing along the ground. M17.
Lying on the face, prone; prostrate. E18.
Zoology. Of a tooth: lying along the jaw. L19.