释义 |
reposed, ppl. a.2|rɪˈpəʊzd| [f. prec. + -ed1.] Settled, free from agitation or movement.
a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) Y viij, To giue contentacion to thy reposed will. a1547Surrey in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 29 A mynde With vertue fraught, reposed, voyd of gyle. 1586B. Young Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iv. 228 Embrace this the onelie meane to liue a reposed and contented life. 1610Donne Pseudo-martyr 281 A law, made by the Popes in reposed & peaceable times. 1664R. Flecknoe Eng. Stage in Love's Kingd. G vi, Wit being an exuberant thing,..but Judgement a stayed and reposed thing. 1742Young Nt. Th. ix. 1474 Then whence these glorious Forms, And boundless Flights, from Shapeless, and Repos'd? Hence reˈposedly adv. (Now rare or Obs.)
1598Florio, Posatamente, leisurely, quietly, reposedly. a1615Donne Ess. (1651) 63 Reposedly, and at home within himself, no man is an Atheist. 1634Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. i. xvi. 89 Liue hence-forward reposedly, and reconcile your selfe to choice Wits. |