Definition of repose

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Repose (v.) Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment..

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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..
Reposal :: Reposal (n.) That on which one reposes.
Prepose :: Prepose (v. t.) To place or set before; to prefix.
Repose :: Repose (v. i.) To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand..
Slumber :: Slumber (n.) Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose..
Repose :: Repose (v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms..
Downlying :: Downlying (n.) The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc..
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..
Repose :: Repose (v.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
Couchancy :: Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.
Quietude :: Quietude (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
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..
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..
Reposed :: Reposed (a.) Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.
Confide :: Confide (v. i.) To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers..
Trust :: Trust (n.) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us..
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..
Easy-chair :: Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.
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