Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lay (a thing) at rest; lay by; lay up; deposit.
- To lay at rest; refresh by rest: with reference to a person, and often used reflexively.
- To cause to be calm or quiet; tranquilize; compose.
- To lay, place, or rest, as confidence or trust.
- To lie or be at rest; take rest; sleep.
- To rest in confidence; rely: followed by on or upon.
- Synonyms To recline, settle, slumber. See
rest , intransitive verb - noun The act or state of reposing; inaction; a lying at rest; sleep; rest.
- noun Freedom from disturbance of any kind; tranquillity.
- noun Settled composure; natural or habitual dignity and calmness of manner and action.
- noun Cause of rest; that which gives repose; a rest; a pause.
- noun In a work of art, dependence for effect entirely upon inherent excellence, all meretricious effect of gaudiness of color or exaggeration of attitude being avoided; a general moderation or restraint of color and treatment; an avoidance of obtrusive tints and of violent action.
- noun =Syn. 1–3. Quiet, Tranquillity, etc. (see
rest ), quietness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
- transitive verb To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive.
- transitive verb To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
- intransitive verb To lie at rest; to rest.
- intransitive verb Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
- intransitive verb To lie; to be supported; as, trap
reposing on sand. - noun A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
- noun Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
- noun (Poetic) A rest; a pause.
- noun (Fine Arts) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained.
- noun (Physics) the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated rest, sleep
- noun
quietness ,ease ;peace ,calmness - noun geology period between eruptions of a volcano.
- verb To
lay , to set down. - verb To
confide orentrust to someone. - verb To
reside in something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- noun the absence of mental stress or anxiety
- verb put in a horizontal position
- verb lean in a comfortable resting position
- verb put or confide something in a person or thing
- verb lie when dead
- verb to put something (eg trust) in something
- noun a disposition free from stress or emotion
- verb be inherent or innate in
Etymologies
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Examples
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The long list of occupations which you call 'repose' is enough to wear out any constitution, even one which is so admirably knit as yours.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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As a consequence, star gazing could be a great repose from a busy life.
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Kennedy to lie in repose in Boston, be buried at Arlington
Kennedy to lie in repose in Boston, be buried at Arlington 2009
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Anything that interrupts a matinal sabbath repose is bound to stir things up.
Antonio Garcia-Martinez: Pseudorandomness, Or How I Got Into Y Combinator and Had a Child With a Woman I Barely Knew, Almost Simultaneously Antonio Garcia-Martinez 2010
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She never talked of herself, so that it were well to let it go down that when in repose, expurgated, Greek she certainly was.
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Kennedy to lie in repose in Boston, be buried at Arlington
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He was not a big man, but his voice boomed, and his hands were meaty, and in repose there was something august about his heavy midwestern features: pale blue eyes that, in the absence of hopefulness, might have looked severe; prominent, straight nose and heavy jowls that, in the absence of mirth, might have seemed imperious and disapproving.
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(CNN) - Three sources close to the Kennedy family say Sen. Ted Kennedy will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy presidential library in Boston.
Kennedy to lie in repose in Boston, be buried at Arlington 2009
brtom commented on the word repose
We are praying now for the repose of his soul. Hoping you're well and not in hell.
Joyce, Ulysses, 6
January 1, 2007
brobbins commented on the word repose
to establish, to set
July 24, 2009