English to English
repose
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noun (n)
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)(noun.act)Example:
Took his repose by the swimming pool.
source: wordnet30 - the absence of mental stress or anxiety(noun.feeling)source: wordnet30
- a disposition free from stress or emotion(noun.attribute)source: wordnet30
- A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- put or confide something in a person or thing(verb.consumption)Example:
These philosophers reposed the law in the people.
source: wordnet30 - lie when dead(verb.contact)Example:
Mao reposes in his mausoleum.
source: wordnet30 - to put something (eg trust) in something(verb.contact)Example:
The nation reposed its confidence in the King.
source: wordnet30 - To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.(verb)source: webster1913
- To lie at rest; to rest.(verb)source: webster1913
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