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repose

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpəʊz/

The English word “repose” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To lay (someone, or part of their body) down to rest.
  2. To rest (oneself), especially by going to sleep.
  3. Followed by from or (obsolete) of: to cause (oneself) to take a rest from some activity; also, to allow (oneself) to recover from some activity.
  4. To give (someone) rest; to refresh (someone) by giving rest.
  5. To cause (oneself) to have faith in or rely on someone or something.
  6. To give (someone) accommodation for the night.
  7. To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.
  8. To die, to rest in peace.
  9. Followed by on or upon: of a thing: to lie or be physically positioned on something, especially horizontally; to rest on or be supported by something.
  10. Followed by on or upon: of light, a look, etc.: to fall or rest (and often remain for a while) on something; to alight, to dwell.
  11. Followed by on or upon: to be based on; to depend or rely on.
  12. To cease activity to rest or recover; also, to have a period free from activity or disturbance.
  13. To have faith in; to confide, to trust.
  14. To lie still and unmoving.

noun

  1. Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.
  2. Of the Virgin Mary: death; also assumption into heaven.
  3. The festival honouring the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on August 15.
  4. The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.
  5. Calmness of the mind or temperament; composure.
  6. Of the face, a muscle, etc.: the state of being relaxed and not in tension.

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English reposen (“to rest”), from Anglo-Norman reposer, reposir, and Middle French reposer, from Old French reposer, repauser (“to become calm; to be peaceful; to rest; to be immobile; to lie or be placed; to cease, stop; to neglect”) (modern French reposer), from Latin repausāre, the present active infinitive of repausō (“(Late Latin) to be at rest; to lie down,…

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