Definition of repose

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Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.

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Dead :: Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge..
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..
Confide :: Confide (v. i.) To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers..
Repose :: Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.
Repose :: Repose (v. i.) To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand..
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.
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..
Quietude :: Quietude (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
Reposeful :: Reposeful (a.) Full of repose; quiet.
Quiet :: Quiet (a.) The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet..
Perfidy :: Perfidy (n.) The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery..
Restless :: Restless (a.) Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects..
Calmness :: Calmness (n.) The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.
Reposal :: Reposal (n.) That on which one reposes.
Requiem :: Requiem (n.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.
Repose :: Repose (v.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
Recumb :: Recumb (v. i.) To lean; to recline; to repose.
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..
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