Definition of repose

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Repose (v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms..

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Trust :: Trust (n.) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust..
Reposeful :: Reposeful (a.) Full of repose; quiet.
Rest :: Rest (n.) A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind..
Prepose :: Prepose (v. t.) To place or set before; to prefix.
Downsitting :: Downsitting (n.) The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
Anagogical :: Anagogical (a.) Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication..
Repose :: Repose (v. i.) To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand..
Repose :: Repose (v.) To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit..
Reposed :: Reposed (a.) Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.
Easy-chair :: Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.
Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly..
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.) 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..
Place :: Place (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend..
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like..
Confide :: Confide (v. i.) To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers..
Down :: Down (n.) That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
Repose :: Repose (v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms..
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps..
Repose :: 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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