Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion..

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Irresistibility :: Irresistibility (n.) The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.
Strait-laced :: Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back..
Faith :: Faith (n.) Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony..
Drama :: Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage..
Ground :: Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive..
League :: League (v. t.) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements..
Reintegrate :: Reintegrate (v. t.) To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm positio.
Apprest :: Apprest (a.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,.
Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
Deforest :: Deforest (v. t.) To clear of forests; to disforest.
Zincography :: Zincography (n.) The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid..
Confiner :: Confiner (n.) One who, or that which, limits or restrains..
General :: General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression..
Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Stating :: Statics (n.) That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics..
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