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Definition of repose

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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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Couchancy :: Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.

Place :: Place (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend..

Easy-chair :: Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.

Recumb :: Recumb (v. i.) To lean; to recline; to repose.

Repose :: Repose (v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms..

Downsitting :: Downsitting (n.) The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.

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..

Rouse :: Rouse (v. i.) To awake from sleep or repose.

Quietude :: Quietude (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.

Reposeful :: Reposeful (a.) Full of repose; quiet.

Dead :: Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter..

Trust :: Trust (n.) That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

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.

Repose :: Repose (v. i.) To lie at rest; to rest.

Quiescent :: Quiescent (a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid..

Rest :: Rest (n.) To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch..

Ease :: Ease (n.) To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind..

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..

Repose :: Repose (v.) To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust..

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..