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reposing

 

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  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.




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