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noun

Repose n.

1.

A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. "Shake off the golden slumber of repose."

2.

Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

3.

(Poetic) A rest; a pause.

4.

(Fine Arts) 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.

Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.

Synonyms: Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness; tranquillity; peace.

verb

Repose v. t. (past & past part. reposed; pres. part. reposing)

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." "Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth... are left behind."

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." "After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue."

3.

To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust. "The king reposeth all his confidence in thee."

Repose v. i.

1.

To lie at rest; to rest. "Within a thicket I reposed."

2.

Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. "It is upon these that the soul may repose."

3.

To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

Synonyms: To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge; abide.

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Etymology of 'Repose'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Repose" Quotes from Famous Books

... loading guns and handing them to the men, enabled them to fire so briskly, yet so effectively, as to cause the savages to recoil from every charge. The darkness of night soon suspended their attacks, and afforded a temporary repose to the besieged. Yet were the assailants not wholly inactive. Having suffered severely by the galling fire poured upon them from the house, they determined on reducing it to ashes. For this purpose, when all was quietness ...

— Chronicles of Border Warfare • Alexander Scott Withers

... staves, and then paused and browsed for a while on the handle of his pen. Melody, with no better inspiration than a sheet of paper, is not usually found to spring unbidden in the mind of the amateur; nor is the key of seven sharps a place of much repose to the untried. He cast away that sheet. 'It will help to build up the character of Jimson,' Gideon remarked, and again waited on the muse, in various keys and on divers sheets of paper, but all with results so inconsiderable that ...

— The Wrong Box • Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

... matter, it is to be regretted that he did not take the trouble to distinguish between such merely popular views and those which repose upon some more venerable authority. Mr. John Stuart Mill has replied to similar critics, and shown that the assertion that his philosophy is irreconcilable with theism is unfounded; and it would have been better if Mr. Darwin had dealt in the same manner with some of his assailants, and shown the ...

— On the Genesis of Species • St. George Mivart

... clearness: whether this is wholly from within, or due to the intensely vitalizing mountain air, I am not sure; probably both contribute to the state of exaltation in which all alpine climbers find themselves. The solid granite gave me a luxurious repose, and I lay on the edge of our little rock niche and watched the strange yet ...

— Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers • Various

... sets forth the method in which birds move their wings during flight and the manner in which the air offers resistance to the stroke of the wing. With regard to the first of these two points he says: 'When birds in repose rest on the earth their wings are folded up close against their flanks, but when wishing to start on their flight they first bend their legs and leap into the air. Whereupon the joints of their wings are straightened out to form a straight line at right angles to the lateral ...

— A History of Aeronautics • E. Charles Vivian

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