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Webster 1913 Edition

Repose

Re-pose′

(rē̍-pōz′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reposed
(-p?zd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reposing
.]
[F.
reposer
; L. pref.
re-
re- +
pausare
to pause. See
Pause
,
Pose
,
Verb.
]
1.
To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
[Obs.]
But these thy fortunes let us straight
repose

In this divine cave’s bosom.
Chapman.
Pebbles
reposed
in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind.
Woodward.
2.
To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, – often reflexive;
as, to
repose
one's self on a couch
.
All being settled and
reposed
, the lord archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons.
Fuller.
After the toil of battle to
repose

Your wearied virtue.
Milton.
3.
To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
The king
reposeth
all his confidence in thee.
Shakespeare

Re-pose′

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To lie at rest; to rest.
Within a thicket I
reposed
.
Chapman.
2.
Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
It is upon these that the soul may
repose
.
I. Taylor.
3.
To lie; to be supported; as, trap
reposing
on sand.
Syn. – To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge; abide.

Re-pose′

,
Noun.
[F.
repos
. See
Repose
,
Verb.
]
1.
A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
Shake off the golden slumber of
repose
.
Shakespeare
2.
Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
3.
(Poetic)
A rest; a pause.
4.
(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;
as, a painting may want
repose
.
Angle of repose
(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.
Syn. – Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness; tranquillity; peace.

Webster 1828 Edition

Repose

REPO'SE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [l. repono, reposui.]
1.
To lay at rest.
- After the toil of battle, to repose your wearied virtue.
2.
To lay; to rest, as the mind, in confidence or trust; as, to repose trust or confidence in a person's veracity.
3.
To lay up; to deposit; to lodge; as pebbles reposed in cliffs.
4.
To place in confidence.

REPO'SE

, v.i.
1.
To lie at rest; to sleep.
Within a thicket I repos'd.
2.
To rest in confidence. I repose on the faith and honor of a friend.
3.
To lie; to rest; as trap reposing on sand.

REPO'SE

, n.
1.
A lying at rest.
2.
Sleep; rest; quiet.
3.
Rest of mind; tranquility; freedom from uneasiness.
4.
Cause of rest.
5.
In poetry, a rest; a pause.
6.
In painting, harmony of colors, as when nothing glaring appears.

Definition 2024

repose

repose

See also: reposé

English

Noun

repose ‎(countable and uncountable, plural reposes)

  1. (dated) rest, sleep
    • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
      Dark and deserted as it was, the night was full of small noises, song and chatter and rustling, telling of the busy little population who were up and about, plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well-earned repose.
    • You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties?
  2. quietness, ease; peace, calmness
    • Dante Divine Comedy,Inferno, Canto 10
      So may thy lineage find at last repose I thus adjured him
  3. (geology) period between eruptions of a volcano.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:calmness

Translations

Verb

repose ‎(third-person singular simple present reposes, present participle reposing, simple past and past participle reposed)

  1. To lie at rest; to rest.
    • Chapman
      Within a thicket I reposed.
  2. To lie; to be supported.
    trap reposing on sand
  3. To lay, to set down.
    • Chapman
      But these thy fortunes let us straight repose / In this divine cave's bosom.
    • Woodward
      Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth […] are left behind.
  4. To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust.
    • Shakespeare
      The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
  5. To reside in something.
  6. (figuratively) To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
    • I. Taylor
      It is upon these that the soul may repose.

Translations

Asturian

Verb

repose

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of reposar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of reposar

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɔz/

Verb

repose

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reposer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of reposer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of reposer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of reposer
  5. second-person singular imperative of reposer

See also

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

repose

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reposar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reposar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reposar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reposar.

Etymology

From Middle English, a borrowing from Old French reposer, from Late Latin repausāre ‎(“to lay at rest, quiet, also nourish, intransitive to be at rest, rest, repose”), from Latin re- ‎(“again”) + pausare ‎(“to pause, rest”), from pausa ‎(“pause”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις ‎(paûsis).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊz

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