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Webster 1913 Edition
Resting
Rest′ing
,Resting spore
(Bot.)
, a spore in certain orders of algae, which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time.
C. E. Bessey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Resting
REST'ING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
resting
resting
English
Noun
resting (countable and uncountable, plural restings)
- The action of rest; repose; inactivity; reliance; confidence.
- 1865, Merritt Munson, The History of Moses and the Israelites (page 199)
- Hence, if the universal Father had […] personally controlled the movements of the Israelites, and directed the course, the motions, and the restings, of that cloud […]
- 1865, Merritt Munson, The History of Moses and the Israelites (page 199)
- A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
- A pause; a break; an interlude.
Adjective
resting (not comparable)
- That which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth.
- Unemployed.
- Remaining; stationary.
Verb
resting
- present participle of rest