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Meaning of 'repose'
Meaning of 'repose' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Repose 
[ v.]
- To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to
deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [ v.]- 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.
- To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
- A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
- Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
- A rest; a pause.
- 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.
2. Repose [ v. i.]
- To lie at rest; to rest. [ v. i.]- Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
- To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
Meaning of 'repose' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. repose [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
Example in sentence:
- took his repose by the swimming pool
2. repose [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- lean in a comfortable resting position
- lean in a comfortable resting position
Example in sentence:
- He was reposing on the couch
Meaning (3):
- put in a horizontal position
- put in a horizontal position
Example in sentence:
- lay the books on the table;
- lay the patient carefully onto the bed
Meaning (4):
- lie when dead
- lie when dead
Example in sentence:
- Mao reposes in his mausoleum
Meaning (5):
- to put something (eg trust) in something
- to put something (eg trust) in something
Example in sentence:
- The nation reposed its confidence in the King
Meaning (6):
- put or confide something in a person or thing
- put or confide something in a person or thing
Example in sentence:
- These philosophers reposed the law in the people
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