v. Physiol. [f. L. supīnāt-, pa. ppl. stem of supīnāre, f. supīnus SUPINE a.] trans. To turn (the hand or fore limb) so that the back of it is downward or backward; also, to turn (the leg) outwards. Opposed to PRONATE.
1831. R. Knox, Cloquet’s Anat., 322. When the hand is in pronation, this muscle supinates it.
1836–9. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., II. 73/2. The hand was supinated. Ibid. (1849–52), IV. 1517/1. The patient is unwilling to attempt to pronate or supinate his hand.
1855. Holden, Hum. Osteol. (1878), 152. The biceps can supinate, as well as bend the fore arm.
