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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Repose :: Repose (v. i.) To lie at rest; to rest.
Prepose :: Prepose (v. t.) To place or set before; to prefix.
Perfidy :: Perfidy (n.) The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery..
Repose :: Repose (v.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
Downlying :: Downlying (n.) The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.
Unrest :: Unrest (n.) Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.
Reposeful :: Reposeful (a.) Full of repose; quiet.
Repose :: Repose (v.) To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust..
Repose :: Repose (v.) To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit..
Reposal :: Reposal (n.) That on which one reposes.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
Easy-chair :: Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.
Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands..
Dead :: Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter..
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..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc..
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like..
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.
Couch :: Couch (v. i.) To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie..
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..
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