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Webster 1913 Edition


Resting

Rest′ing

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Adj.
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Noun.
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Rest
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Verb.
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Resting spore
(Bot.)
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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

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ppr.
Ceasing to move or act; ceasing to be moved or agitated; lying; leaning; standing; depending or relying.

Definition 2024


resting

resting

English

Noun

resting (countable and uncountable, plural restings)

  1. 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 []
  2. A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
  3. A pause; a break; an interlude.

Adjective

resting (not comparable)

  1. That which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth.
  2. Unemployed.
  3. Remaining; stationary.

Verb

resting

  1. present participle of rest

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