Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal..

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Repose :: Repose (v.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Perambulation :: Perambulation (n.) An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc..
Breste :: Breste (v. t. & i.) To burst.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Sylviculturist :: Sylviculture (n.) The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..
Lodgment :: Lodgment (v.) An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
Escroll :: Escroll (n.) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest..
Interdependency :: Interdependency (n.) Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests..
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane..
Futurist :: Futurist (n.) One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant..
Clear :: Clear (n.) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear..
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) The rate of interest charged in discounting.
Compounder :: Compounder (n.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm..
Restrictive :: Restrictive (a.) Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against..
Agrestical :: Agrestical (a.) Agrestic.
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