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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rest \Rest\ (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.] To arrest. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rest \Rest\, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw rast rest, repose, Icel. r["o]st the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G. ruhe rest, repose, AS r[=o]w, Gr 'erwh`. Cf {Ransack}.] 1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. --Chaucer. Sleep give thee all his rest! --Shak. 2. Hence freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. And the land had rest fourscore years. --Judges iii. 30. 3. Sleep; slumber; hence poetically, death. How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest. --Collins. 4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work He made narrowed rests round about that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. --1 Kings vi 6. 5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance. Their visors closed, their lances in the rest. --Dryden. 6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as in an abode. ``Halfway houses and travelers' rests.'' --J. H. Newman. In dust our final rest, and native home. --Milton. Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you --Deut. xii. 9. 7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a c[ae]sura. 8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. ``An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests.'' --Abbott. 9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.] 10. (Mus.) Silence in music or in one of its parts the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are whole, half, quarter,etc. {Rest house}, an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. [India] {To set or To set up}, {one's rest}, to have a settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand. [Obs.] --Shak. Bacon. Syn: Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose; slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness; tranquillity; peacefulness; peace. Usage: {Rest}, {Repose}. Rest is a ceasing from labor or exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words are commonly interchangeable. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rest \Rest\, v. t. 1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet. Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade. --Dryden. 2. To place as on a support; to cause to lean. Her weary head upon your bosom rest. --Waller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rest \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr & vb n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.] 1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion. God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made --Gen. ii 2. Six days thou shalt do thy work and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. --Ex. xxiii. 12. 2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still There rest, if any rest can harbor there --Milton. 3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as to rest on a couch. 4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as a column rests on its pedestal. 5. To sleep; to slumber; hence poetically, to be dead. Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton. 6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as to rest on a man's promise. On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed ?? fate. --Dryden. 7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. To rest in Heaven's determination. --Addison. {To rest with}, to be in the power of to depend upon as it rests with him to decide. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rest \Rest\, n. [F. reste, fr rester to remain, L. restare to stay back remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand stay. See {Stand}, and cf {Arrest}, {Restive}.] (With the definite article.) 1. That which is left or which remains after the separation of a part either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give --Tillotson. 2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others ``Plato and the rest of the philosophers.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears. --DRyden. 3. (Com.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. [Eng.] Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rest \Rest\, v. i. [F. rester. See {Rest} remainder.] To be left to remain; to continue to be The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rest n 1: something left after other parts have been taken away "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest" [syn: {remainder}, {residual}, {residue}, {residuum}] 2: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: {ease}, {repose}, {relaxation}] 3: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" [syn: {respite}, {relief}, {rest period}] 4: a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon" 5: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn: {eternal rest}, {sleep}, {eternal sleep}, {quietus}] 6: a support on which things can be put "the gun was steadied on a special rest" 7: a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration v 1: not move be in a resting position 2: take a short breath [syn: {breathe}, {catch one's breath}, {take a breather}] 3: give a rest to "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment" 4: have a place in relation to something else: "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" [syn: {lie}] 5: be at rest [syn: {repose}] [ant: {be active}] 6: stay the same remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" [syn: {stay}, {remain}] [ant: {change}] 7: be inherent or innate in [syn: {reside}, {repose}] 8: put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder" 9: sit as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" [syn: {perch}, {roost}] 10: rest on or as if on a pillow, of one's head [syn: {pillow}] 11: be inactive, refrain from acting on something From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Rest (1.) Gr katapausis equivalent to the Hebrew word _noah_ (Heb. 4:1). (2.) Gr anapausis "rest from weariness" (Matt. 11:28). (3.) Gr anesis relaxation" (2 Thess. 1:7). (4.) Gr sabbatismos a Sabbath rest, a rest from all work (Heb. 4:9; R.V., "sabbath"), a rest like that of God when he had finished the work of creation.
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