repose
To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to restTo lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.
» The weary don't have time for repose.
Meaning
26 senses(also, figuratively, intransitive)To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.
To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.
(also, figuratively, intransitive)To die, to rest in peace.
Simon reposed in the year 1287.
поко́итьсяpokóitʹsja, отдыха́тьotdyxátʹ
(intransitive)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.
a trap reposing on sand
(intransitive)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.
(intransitive)Followed by on or upon: to be based on; to depend or rely on.
Senses relating to placing or positioning.
(transitive)To place (confidence, faith, or trust) in someone or something.
(transitive)Followed by in: to entrust (duty, power, etc.) in someone; to confide.
Senses relating to returning.
(transitive)To put (a body part) back in its usual location; to reposition.
(intransitive)Of a thing: to be in the management or power of a person or an organization.
put or confide something in a person or thing
(reflexive, transitive)To pose (oneself or someone, or something) again.
(also, archaic, figuratively, transitive)To lay (someone, or part of their body) down to rest.
(archaic, reflexive, transitive)To rest (oneself), especially by going to sleep.
Examples
7 sentencesThe weary don't have time for repose.
His brief repose was interrupted by her arrival.
At times also they would repose side by side under a goatskin.
How gaily the kids skip and play, whilst I sink into listless repose!
The large herds of cattle feeding and reposing under the trees gave an air of civilization to the scene.
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English reposen (“to rest”), from Anglo-Norman reposer, reThe 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, rest; to sleep; to calm, pacify; (Latin) to halt temporarily, pause”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + pausō (“to cease, halt; to pause”) (from pausa (“a halt, stop; a pause; an end”), from Ancient Greek παῦσῐς (paûsĭs, “ceasing, stopping”), from παύω (paúō, “to cease; to make to cease, stop; to bring to an end; to hinder”) (further etymology uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little; smallness”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result)).
From Middle English reposen (“to put (something) back, replace”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + posen (“to place (something)”), modelled after Latin repōnō (“to put back; to restore; to store”). Posen is derived from Old French poser (“to place, put”) (modern French poser), from Vulgar Latin pausāre, from Latin pausāre, the present active infinitive of pausō (see further at etymology 1), influenced by pōnere, the present active infinitive of pōnō (“to lay, place, put”).
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Forms
reposes, reposing, reposed, reposedSynonyms
16 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle