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reposal|rɪˈpəʊzəl|
[f. repose v.1 and v.2]
1. The act of reposing (trust, confidence, etc.); † trust or reliance in something. rare.
1605Shakes. Lear ii. i. 70 Would the reposall [Q. reposure] Of any trust, vertue, or worth in thee Make thy words faith'd? 1614Jackson Creed iii. xxiii. §1 What are these then? absolute reposall in his and his Successors infallibility?
†2. The fact or state of reposing or resting. Obs.
1614Jackson Creed iii. v[i]. §1 After many yeares reposall in the graue. 1642R. Carpenter Experience ii. vii. 161 If they goe on to trouble the peace of my sweet reposall in the bosome of my deare mother, the Church of England.
†b. That on which one reposes. Obs.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. ii. vi, Idleness..the Divels cushion, as Gualter cals it, his pillow, & chiefe reposall. Ibid. iii. iv. i. i, It is a Sole Ease, an unspeakable comfort, a sweet reposal. |