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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Perfidy :: Perfidy (n.) The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery..
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..
Dislodge :: Dislodge (v. t.) To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms..
Prepose :: Prepose (v. t.) To place or set before; to prefix.
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc..
Rest :: Rest (n.) To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch..
Slumberous :: Slumberous (a.) Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.
Easy-chair :: Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like..
Trust :: Trust (n.) That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
Use :: Use (v. t.) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
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.
Reposed :: Reposed (imp. & p. p.) of Repos.
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..
Place :: Place (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend..
Couch :: Couch (v. i.) To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie..
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..
Reliance :: Reliance (n.) The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority..
Repose :: Repose (v.) To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit..
Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly..
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