Definition of repose

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Repose (v.) 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..

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Reposed :: Reposed (a.) Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.
Opiate :: Opiate (n.) Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic..
Repose :: Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.
Prepose :: Prepose (v. t.) To place or set before; to prefix.
Dead :: Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter..
Requiem :: Requiem (n.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.
Place :: Place (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend..
Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..
Downsitting :: Downsitting (n.) The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
Restless :: Restless (a.) Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects..
Indisturbance :: Indisturbance (n.) Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference.
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like..
Calmness :: Calmness (n.) The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.
Reposeful :: Reposeful (a.) Full of repose; quiet.
Couchancy :: Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.
Trust :: Trust (n.) That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
Quiescent :: Quiescent (a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid..
Repose :: Repose (v.) Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment..
Arise :: Arise (v. i.) To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning..
Repose :: Repose (v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms..
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