repose

1. (uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.Examples: "So forth ſhe rode vvithout repoſe or reſt, / Searching all lands and each remoteſt part, […]"; "Content thee Cytherea [i.e., Aphrodite] in thy care, / Since thy Æneas vvandring fate is firme, / VVhoſe vvearie lims ſhall ſhortly make repoſe, / In thoſe faire vvalles I promiſt him of yore: […]"; "My fathers Palace, Madam, vvill be proud / To entertaine your preſence, if youle daine / To make repoſe vvithin."uncountable

2. (uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.broadlyuncountable

3. (uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.broadlycountable

4. (uncountable) The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.Examples: "[T]he Felicity of this life, conſiſteth not in the repoſe of a mind ſatisfied."; "[…] I am diverted from that subject by letters which I have received from several ladies, complaining of a certain sect of professed enemies to the repose of the fair sex, called Oglers."; ""So may thy lineage find at last repose," / I thus adjur'd him, "as thou solve this knot," / Which now involves my mind."Synonyms: peace of mind, calmness, calm, even-mindedness, inner peace, peace, peace of mind, peacefulnessuncountable

5. (uncountable) Calmness of the mind or temperament; composure.Examples: "But lord! she goes with so blithe a repose, / And comes so shapely about you, / That ere you're aware, with a glance and an air, / She whisks your heart from out you."; "She had the passions of her kind, / She spake some certain truths of you. / Indeed I heard one bitter word / That scarce is fit for you to hear. / Her manners had not that repose / Which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere."; "Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman,—repose in energy. The Greek battle-pieces are calm; the heroes, in whatever violent actions engaged, retain a serene aspect; as we say of Niagara, that it falls without speed."uncountable

6. (uncountable) Of the face, a muscle, etc.: the state of being relaxed and not in tension.Examples: "In repose the faces of the men were intelligent and dignified, those of the women ofttimes prepossessing."; "He has a handsome face, mind you, in repose."uncountable

1. (transitive) Senses relating to placing or positioning.Examples: "Now woorthy Tamburlaine, haue I repoſ'd, / In thy approoued Fortunes all my hope, / VVhat thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?"; "Long thus I ioyed in my happineſſe, / And vvell did hope my ioy vvoud haue no end: / But oh fond man, that in vvorlds fickleneſſe / Repoſeſt hope, or vveenedſt her thy frend, / That glories moſt in mortall miſeries, / And daylie doth her changefull counſels bend: / To make nevv matter fit for Tragedies."; "Stay yet another day, thou truſtie VVelchman. / The king repoſeth all his confidence in thee."transitive

2. (transitive) Senses relating to placing or positioning.Examples: "His greatest defect was the facility with which he reposed the cares of state on favorites, not always the most deserving."transitive

3. (transitive) Senses relating to placing or positioning.Examples: "When Christ affirmeth, that "where a mans treasure is, there is his heart:" by treasure, he meaneth not the possession of riches simply, but hee meaneth that, wherein a man reposeth his chiefe treasure and felicitie to consist. […] He that reposeth his felicitie in building, giueth ouer his cogitations vnto that."; "[…] Libraries, […] are as the Shrynes, vvhere all the Reliques of the ancient Saints, full of true vertue, and that vvithout deluſion or impoſture, are preſerued, and repoſed; […]"; "But these thy fortunes let us straight repose / In this divine cave's bosom, that may close / Reserve their value; […]"archaictransitive

4. (transitive) Senses relating to placing or positioning.Examples: "[…] Paule ſayth that the widowes which hauing ben ones receiued into the Publike miniſterie did marrye, denyed their firſt fayth. But I doe not denie to them, that the widowes, whiche bounde themſelues and their ſeruices to the Chirch, did therewithall take vpon them the bonde of cõtinuall vnmaried life: not becauſe they repoſed any religion therin as it afterward began to be vſed: but becauſe they could not beare that office but beeing at their own libertie and looſe from yoke of mariage."; "[A] certaine Bonzi, […] did giue them a certaine booke to kiſſe, and laid it on their heads, vvherein they repoſed much holiness, and vvorſhipped it as a god: […]"obsoletetransitive

5. (transitive) Senses relating to placing or positioning.Examples: "A long buylt citty there ſtood, Carthago ſo named, / From the mouth of Tybris, from land eke of Italie ſeauer'd, / Poſſeſt wyth Tyrians, in ſtrength and riches abounding, / There Iuno the princes her empyre wholye repoſed, […]"obsoleteraretransitive

6. (transitive) Senses relating to placing or positioning.Examples: "[T]hee ſouthwynd merciles eager / Three gallant veſſels on rocks gnawne craggye repoſed."obsoleteraretransitive

1. (transitive, reflexive) To pose (oneself or someone, or something) again.reflexivetransitive