Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead..

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Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed..
Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
Seat :: Seat (n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat..
Restorator :: Restorator (n.) A restaurateur.
Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint..
Dormant :: Dormant (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles..
Wanton :: Wanton (v. i.) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic..
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To limit; to confine; to restrict.
Cynic :: Cynic (n.) One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy..
Rest :: Rest (n.) To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal..
Easeful :: Easeful (a.) Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.
Fix :: Fix (v. i.) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
Season :: Season (n.) Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest..
Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc..
Disinteressment :: Disinteressment (n.) Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness.
Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime..
Restorement :: Restorement (n.) Restoration.
Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance..
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