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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repose \Re*pose"\, n. [F. repos. See {Repose}, v.] 1. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repose \Re*pose"\ (r[-e]*p[=o]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reposed} (-p?zd"); p. pr & vb n. {Reposing}.] [F. reposer; L. pref. re- re- + pausare to pause. See {Pause}, {Pose}, v.] 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. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repose \Re*pose"\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Angle \An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) a The figure made by two lines which meet b The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological ``houses.'' [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. a (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet --Knight. b (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repose n 1: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: {ease}, {rest}, {relaxation}] 2: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: {peace}, {peacefulness}, {peace of mind}, {serenity}, {heartsease}, {ataraxis}] 3: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: {quiet}, {placidity}, {serenity}, {tranquility}] v 1: put or confide something in a person or thing "These philosphers reposed the law in the people" 2: be inherent or innate in [syn: {rest}, {reside}] 3: lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum" 4: lie in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch" [syn: {recline}] 5: put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: {lay}, {put down}] 6: to put something (eg trust) in something "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" 7: be at rest [syn: {rest}] [ant: {be active}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: REPOSE, v.i. To cease from troubling.
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