meaning of repose
1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose ones self on a couch.
3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
4. To lie at rest; to rest.
5. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
6. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
7. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
8. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
9. A rest; a pause.
10. 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.
11. freedom from activity work or strain or responsibility; "took his repose by the swimming
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Related Words
repose | repose on | reposed | reposeful | reposer |
