reposen.
/rᵻˈpəʊz/, U.S. /rəˈpoʊz/, /riˈpoʊz/ 1.
a. Temporary rest or cessation from physical or mental exertion in order to recover one's energy; rest obtained by ceasing to exert oneself, and esp. by sleeping. Also: an instance of this; a break, a rest, a sleep. Also in extended use.In quot. 1638: a halt or stay for rest (in the course of a journey).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > esp. gained from sleep
resteOE
reposec1485
R1588
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest
roOE
restOE
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leathinga1400
restinga1450
reposinga1470
reposec1485
requiem1565
respire1590
reposure1602
reposal1614
reposance1647
lassation1650
recumbency1653
requiescence1654
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxiii. 110 Efter that, all the remaynand of the day thou suld conuert jn..blythnes, and jn repos.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxxii. 159 I toke my leue..And thanked correccyon..Of my repose and of her louynge chere.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ee8 So forth she rode without repose or rest, Searching all lands.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 315 Whiles we stood here securing your repose,..we heard a hollow burst of bellowing. View more context for this quotation
1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 52 Wee were put in hope..that here you would make one of the reposes of your voyage.
1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 46 in Poems Up rose the Sun and Saul; Both, as men thought, rose fresh from sweet repose.
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ v. 161 The Almond Tree..before all others first waketh, and riseth from its Winters repose.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 130 They give their Bodies due repose at Night. View more context for this quotation
a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 85 Fast by the umbrageous vale lull'd to repose.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 138 The extreme activity of his mind, when awake, in some measure called for an adequate alternation of repose.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 154 Allowing each limb an instant of repose as I drew it out of the snow.
1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. i. 3 A splendid aloe which, after a repose of many years, was again loaded with flowers.
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xxi. 386 People are huddled so close together that repose is impossible.
1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman x. 107 We must not keep you any longer from your well-earned repose.
2008 Guardian 28 Apr. (G2 section) 3/4 Time was when the weekend spelled a brief period of repose after the scramble and toil of the working week... Alas no more.
b. Christian Church. the Repose of the Virgin Mary (also Virgin, Virgin Mother, etc.): (a) the death of the Virgin Mary; cf. dormition n.; (b) = assumption n. 1b; (also) the feast in the Orthodox Church held annually on 15 August. [Compare ancient Greek κοίμησις lying down to sleep, sleep of death, in Byzantine Greek also Dormition of the Virgin Mary (in e.g. κοίμησις τῆς θεομητρικῆς , κοίμησις τῆς θεοτόκου Dormition of the Mother of God; compare Theotokos n.), Russian Uspenie Bogorodicy Dormition of the Mother of God.]
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the world > life > death > [noun] > of saint
the repose of the Virgin1737
1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. i. 16/1 Oespinge Bogeroedisza, or the church of the repose of the Virgin Mary [Fr. l'église du repos de la vierge Marie].
1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 497 This solemnity, in ancient martyrologies, is promiscuously called the Assumption, passage, or Repose of the Virgin Mary.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 59 The festival of the Repose of the Virgin.
1894 R. L. Bensly Four Gospels in Syriac Introd. p. xvi The MS. of the Syriac Gospels was now apparently exhausted, and the scribe continued with leaves from the volume of Syriac Apocrypha (Acts of Thomas and Repose of the Virgin).
1974 R. T. Teske Votive Offerings Greek-Philadelphians (1980) 309 She went finally to pay her veneration to the icon of the repose of the Virgin Mother.
2008 N. Dershowitz & E. M. Reingold Calendrical Calculations (ed. 3) 71 Orthodox periods of fasting include the Fast of the Repose of the Virgin Mary (August 1-14) and the 40-day Christmas Fast.
2. † b. Peace of mind. Obsolete.
a. The state of being quietly inactive or relaxed, or of being free from care, anxiety, or other disturbances; ease, serenity. Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] > as condition in which an individual is
peacec1230
quieta1398
repose?1543
?1543 J. Clerke tr. D. de San Pedro Certayn Treatye sig. Eiii Beyng there tormented of so great anguyshe colde I not attayn the port of repose.
?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce ix. 219 Ye loue the repose and quietnesse of your minde.
1573 tr. F. Hotman True Rep. Outrages Fraunce p. xcviii The king had speciall regard to nothing more than..the repose of his subiectes.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xi. 47 The Felicity of this life, consisteth not in the repose of a mind satisfied.
1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers (ed. 2) I. 159 Those Persons..shall enjoy after the Resurrection a Thousand Years of Repose and Felicity upon the Earth with Jesus Christ.
1712 M. Henry Reform. Serm. in Wks. (1853) II. 487/1 The restraint of the vicious will be the repose of the virtuous.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 41 You relinquish every hope of repose to yourself, and you endanger the establishment of your family for ever.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 25 The repose which the waters enjoyed in the inside of these reservoirs.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe ii. 82 A delicious lazy sense of calm repose was the appropriate frame of mind.
1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 288 The air of wealth and repose diffused about them seemed to comfort their neediness.
1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River i. i. 5 Yet, in an instant, this gaunt, strained, tortured, and almost hysterical face could be transformed by an expression of serenity, wisdom, and repose.
2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Jan. 23/2 Pelevin's longing to find moments of repose like this..may have inspired his interest in Zen Buddhism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [noun]
lissOE
carelessnessc1000
restOE
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ease?c1225
bielda1300
quietc1330
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suretya1413
securitya1425
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assecurance1616
euthymy1623
sereneness1628
levitya1631
repose1652
untroublednessa1660
serenitude1672
serene1744
securance1849
1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra i. i. 25 He strove to dissemble part of his discontent,..not being willing to discover that by his imprudence, which he hid with so much care, even to the loss of all his repose and quietnesse.
1684 tr. Eve Revived sig. E4v She thought that for the Repose of the Court, it became her to endeavour the breaking this Commerce.
1709 Tatler No. 145. ¶1 A certain Sect of professed Enemies to the Repose of the Fair Sex, called Oglers.
1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 387 I assur'd her..it was absolutely necessary to confine them from public view for the repose of Mankind.
1799 M. Robinson False Friend I. xvi. 130 My regard for the repose of Lady Upas would have induced me to resolve on keeping the proposal a secret.
c. The state or condition of being relaxed (in the face, a muscle, etc.); absence of tension. Frequently in repose.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun] > specifically of the eye or features
repose1864
1864 A. Bain Senses & Intellect (ed. 2) i. ii. 238 Hence the natural repose of the eye makes the adjustment for a distant prospect.
1880 L. B. Walford Troublesome Daughters II. xxi. 212 Though every feature was now in repose.
1902 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 Feb. 166/1 Muscular repose means that the muscles are relaxed and the nerve-channels free.
1956 I. Bromige Enchanted Garden ii. ii. 87 It was an expressive face. In repose, it had an appealing wistfulness, an other-worldness.
1991 R. Mistry Such Long Journey (1992) 208 The dewlaps under his chin had, in repose, collapsed into little rolls of skin along the throat.
3. Respite or relief (from something tiring or unpleasant); (also) a period of respite. Also with from, †of. Now archaic and rare.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > (a) respite
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lithec1300
respitec1330
sabbath1398
vacationc1425
respetta1450
respectc1450
repose?1549
intermission1576
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sob1593
respiration1611
vacation1614
suspension1645
relaxation1728
relax1733
?1549 J. Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. vii. sig. H v God therfore as he that intendithe the conseruation and wealthe of man..commaundithe this rest and repose from labour.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. v. 34 b [His] repose of his trauailes sustayned on the Seas.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 28 O Sole in whom my thoughts find all repose . View more context for this quotation
1715 B. Griffin Injur'd Virtue ii. iv. 29 For what is Death to one that looks beyond it, But a Repose from Care, a soft Retreat From the perplexing Toils of tiresom Life?
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 5 I..Now seek repose upon an humbler theme.
1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari ii. i, in Sardanapalus 204 The state had need of some repose.
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 237 The eye fatigued either with white sunshine, or with the pungent colours, finds repose in green.
1899 S. R. Gardiner O. Cromwell vi. 192 He found repose in a weekly visit to Hampton Court.
1963 S. Pines tr. M. Maimonides Guide of Perplexed II. iii. xliii. 579 The seventh part of the life of very individual consists in pleasure and repose from the fatigue and weariness from which there is no escape.
4.
a. The quality or condition of being tranquil, calm, or still; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun]
stillnessc888
roOE
stilth?c1225
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peacea1275
restc1350
tranquillityc1374
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tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
quiet?c1450
restfulnessc1450
quiety?a1500
quietation?1504
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calmness1561
peacefulnessa1566
halcyon1567
repose1577
quietude1598
still1608
hushtness1609
reposedness1616
reposeness1617
serenity1641
undisturbedness1649
indisturbance1660
pacateness1666
sleep1807
tranquilness1818
requiescence1837
reposefulness1872
1577 R. Baynes Praise of Solitarinesse 3 So long as he considered with himselfe of the quiet repose of Solitarinesse, he found his minde delighted with a great and singular pleasure.
a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 336 The Dust of those Which slumber in their Silence and Repose Of their cold Urns, will like an Earthquake swell.
1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. i. sig. C A great repose straightway invaded me, and I fell into an intellectual Dream.
1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 425 Black Melancholy..round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose.
a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 87 The scenes, that hurt the grave's repose.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 101 Like a throbbing star Seen mid the sapphire heaven's deep repose.
1854 G. F. Waagen Treasure of Art in Great Brit. I. xii. 412 The clearness of the water, and the repose which breathes from the whole, are not to be described.
1909 Daily Chron. 24 July 4/4 The repose of an English village; the peace-inspiring church spires; the resting countryside.
1937 P. Hemingway Let. 18 Dec. in L. Miller Lett. from Lost Generation (1991) 204 My cabin, except for some little birds in the plumbing, is quiet and full of repose.
1987 J. H. Alexander Reading Wordsworth Introd. 4 Much of Wordsworth's poetry seeks a repose, an extreme quietness, which approaches a timeless nirvana.
b. Arrangement of elements (of a picture, building, etc.) having a restful effect on the eye; simplicity, balance, harmony.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > arrangement of parts > harmonious
motion1598
repose1695
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > harmony of colours
harmoge1601
union1662
repose1695
value1706
keeping1715
melody1830
colour harmony1853
chord1856
1695 J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 23 That..Majesty, that soft silence and repose, which give beauty to the Piece [L. Quippe solet rerum nimio dispersa tumultu Majestate carere gravi requieque decora].
1703 N. Tate Portrait-royal Notes 22 The Sedateness, and, as Painters call it, the Repose of a Picture, contribute to the Grandeur and Solemnity of the Piece.
1778 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1779) 5 The expression which is used very often on these occasions is, the piece wants repose.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 328 Its faults are many;—an entire absence of beauty and of repose [etc.].
1861 A. Jameson Legends of Madonna (rev. ed.) Introd. 75 The whole composition is mannered, and wants repose and religious feeling.
1908 Athenæum 11 Apr. 457/2 A composition of some grace, but much of it executed in a scrabble of lines which wants repose.
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 664/1 The workmen lost the large conception of their ancestors, the patterns [of carpets] lacked repose.
2006 Architects' Jrnl. 19 Jan. 43/4 Repose and rootedness may not be required of all architecture, but those fundamental qualities are found more readily when a governing order is present.
c. Composure, ease of manner; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun]
resteOE
peacea1225
egalityc1374
tranquillityc1374
peaceabilityc1384
sobernessc1384
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
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equalitya1475
equability1531
sobermood1556
calmness1561
evenness1561
serenity1599
collection1602
equilibrium1608
calm1609
temperateness1609
composedness1611
recollection1611
temper1611
unpassionateness1611
placidity1619
sereneness1628
attemperature1635
quietationa1639
equableness1641
steadiness1642
sedateness1647
imperturbation1648
placidness1654
centredness1662
equanimity1663
composure1667
serenitude1672
equalness1675
unperturbedness1676
dispassion1690
quietism1735
serene1744
relaxednessa1750
self-composure1762
sober-mindedness1767
collectedness1789
unprovokedness1795
comfortableness1815
repose1815
levelness1824
dispassionateness1842
unruffledness1858
passionlessness1867
1815 L. Hunt Feast of Poets (ed. 2) 172 But Lord! she goes with so blithe a repose, And comes so shapely about you, That ere you're aware, with a glance and an air She whisks your heart from out you.
1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch I. i. 20 There is a repose in the Dutch character which lends it dignity!
1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady Clara Vere de Vere in Poems (new ed.) I. 157 Her manners had not that repose Which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere.
1860 R. W. Emerson Culture in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 139 Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman,—repose in energy.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. i. xi. 101 There is in the Englishman a combination of qualities, a modesty, an independence, a responsibility, a repose..which one would seek in vain among the Nations of the Earth.
1918 T. W. Shelton Spirit of Courts i. 21 Judges should be recruited from men not lacking in repose, but suited in disposition and desire.
1988 N.Y. Mag. 12 Dec. 114/2 As a movie actor, Bogosian lacks repose—or Stone doesn't find it in him.
5. Trust, confidence. Cf. reposal n.1 2. Now archaic.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > reliance
repose1591
dependency1593
reliance1606
reposure1608
reposal1614
dependence1628
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 289 It is no wysedome to put such assured repose and trust in a Fortresse.
1657 E. Calamy Evid. for Heaven 127 Fruitfulnesse in righteousnesse, proceeding from moral principles, is usually attended with repose and trust in the work done.
1662 S. Clarke Coll. Lives Ten Eminent Divines i. 238 He advised his hearers to put no repose in the Papists.
1809 R. Cumberland John de Lancaster III. 71 If therefore you could bring your mind to put that repose in my honour.
1851 Mother's Assistant & Young Lady's Friend 184 If repose and trust in maternal affection is ever priceless to a daughter's heart, it is when love's first distant whisper touches..thought and feeling.
1963 T. F. Torrance in W. K. Keesecker Calvin Treasury Pref. p. xiii The doctrine of elevation [for Calvin] is the doctrine of utter trust and repose in the sheer grace of God that precedes and envelops all.
2004 J. C. Dobbins Lett. Nun Eshinni ii. iii. 69 The response that emerges is, according to Shinran, faith—not a faith of desperate grasping, but one of trust and repose in the Buddha.
a. A place of rest. Obsolete.Sometimes with play on or allusion to repose v.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest > place of
breathing place1591
repose1621
1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 139 Seuen fortunate reposes, Ilands, which Fortune fauours.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xviii. 55 The rich lye stoued in secure reposes.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 210 Worst is my Port, My harbour and my ultimate repose . View more context for this quotation
1770 R. Cumberland Brothers v. i. 58 Wasn't this poor hut thrown open to your use, as a receptacle for your treasures, and a repose for your fatigues? Have either those treasures, or that repose been invaded?
?1797 T. Blacklock Consol. from Nat Relig. in Paraclesis 108 If..it is a property essential to either of the two, that it should gravitate to earth as its ultimate repose, it must peculiarly be the property of the body.
b. An item of furniture on which one may repose; a couch. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun]
reclinatoryc1425
crabat1483
coucha1500
daybed1597
squab1664
repose1685
settee1716
sofa1717
long chair1750
duchesse1794
canapé1795
chaise-longue1800
sultane1803
chaise lounge1807
lounge1830
dormeuse1865
takht1884
méridienne1925
Berbice1951
lounger1964
1685 A. Behn Love Lett. between Noble-man & Sister: 2nd Pt. 245 She lay expecting her coming Lover, on a repose of rich Embroidery of Gold on blew Sattin.
1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair iii. ii. 26 There is a Repose, I see, in the next Room.
1720 D. Manley Power of Love 29 She had no sooner seated her upon a Repose, but casting her Eyes upon the Picture..that hung over the Couch, she cry'd out.
1820 Ladies' Lit. Cabinet 15 Apr. 178/3 Listless, enervated, and dejected, Clarinda Drelincour had thrown herself upon a repose.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [noun]
skiagraphy1598
chiaroscuro1686
repose1695
claro obscuro1706
clair-obscure1717
clear-obscure1777
lighting effect1867
tone-work1894
1695 J. Dryden tr. R. de Piles in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 161 After great Lights, there must be great Shadows, which we call reposes [Fr. qu'on appelle des Repos]: because..the Sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a Continuity of glittering objects.
1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Repose, is a Term in Painting, signifying the Place where the Masses, or great Lights and Shadows are assembled: And this being well understood hinders the Confusion of Objects, [etc.].
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Repose, in Painting, is used for certain Masses, or large Systems, or Assemblages of Light and Shade, [etc.].
1846 T. H. Fielding Theory & Pract. Painting (ed. 4) 30 By the term ‘repose’ is simply implied those parts of the picture..where lights, shadows, and colours, are so subdued, that the eye can rest upon them without fatigue, after the excitation produced by the brilliancy and effect of the principal parts.
8.
a. Absence of activity; temporary cessation (of a natural process); dormancy (esp. of a volcano).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun]
sleepc897
restc1175
passibilityc1485
slumber1554
cessation1603
quiescence1625
torpor1626
quiescency1629
inaction1638
inactivity1640
vacation1644
unactiveness1647
non-acting1648
passiveness1648
requiescence1654
unactivity1654
inertness1661
passivity1667
inactiveness1678
unaction1698
stagnation1711
supinity1725
immechanism1740
inertion1756
repose1757
lifelessness1833
stagnancy1837
unawakenedness1879
stasis1920
1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. ii, in Odes 17 The sweeping Whirlwind's..hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening-prey.
1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) xiii. 314 The long intervals of repose appear to characterize volcanoes highly elevated.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 6 We are also told..of the alternation of periods of repose and disorder, of the refrigeration of the globe [etc.].
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. iii. 87 Vesuvius was virtually in repose.
1906 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 315 Of the earlier drift..he offered no explanation whatever, other than that implied in a reference to a period of repose ‘which separated the convulsed epochs of the earlier general and later local drift’.
1991 R. W. Decker & B. Decker Mountains of Fire iii. xi. 137 Even volcanoes with well-documented records of many historical eruptions may show wide variations in repose times—a volcano's interval of quiet between periods of activity.
b. Chiefly Chemistry. The fact or process of being left undisturbed; a period of standing undisturbed.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > fact of being left unmoved
repose1844
1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits 261 A portion of butter-like fat may form part of the pellicle which forms on the urine by repose.
1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 414/1 The potter buried the pieces in a great heap of stable manure, and after from one to two hours' repose in this substance they were disinterred.
1919 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 19 1741 In a few cases shaking of the cell caused slight fluctuations in the electromotive force, dispelled by a few seconds' repose.
2008 Jrnl. Chem. Engin. Data 53 2633/2 The repose times applied in the case of liquid + liquid equilibria were longer (up to 5 h).
9. Physics and Engineering. Absence of motion; equilibrium, stability; (also) a stationary position. Frequently in point of repose, position of repose, etc.angle of repose: see angle n.2 Phrases 2. friction of repose: see friction n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equilibrium
evennessa1398
peisea1400
equal (also even) poise1555
counterpoise1594
libration1603
equal, even scale1604
equilibre1621
poise1621
poisurea1625
balance1642
equilibrity1644
equilibrium1660
equipoise1661
equipoisure1683
equiponderancy1710
equiponderance1775
repose1805
equibalance1841
stasis1920
1805 W. Close West's Antiq. Furness (new ed.) Suppl. 374 The stones and gravel..along the western shore..are impelled forwards by the impetuosity of the ocean, and there left in repose.
1830 J. G. Macvicar Elements Econ. Nature ii. 92 Are the pulsations of the radiant molecules, or their oscillations on both sides of the position of repose, always of the same amplitude?
1845 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1844 i. 340 This wave-form has its surface wholly raised above the level of repose of the fluid.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 386/2 In this escapement it is necessary to limit the motion of the balance to one half turn, measured from its repose.
1934 J. B. Scott Spanish Origin Internat. Law i. 12 The needle was placed on a pivot and allowed to make its own position of repose.
1999 Ecology 80 2685/1 Trees were not pulled beyond their initial point of repose.
Phrases
P1. to take (one's) repose: to rest, sleep.
ΚΠ
a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 6404 Sin more ther-of I can noght propose, Of-fors moste I here take rest and repose.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 29 During the heats of summer, he commonly took his repose upon a bulk.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 296 'Tis thus the understanding takes repose In indolent vacuity of thought.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Spirit Haunts 14 As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xi. 61 When in the attitude of taking repose, the Lion is Couchant, or Dormant.
1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 20 They make their toilette and take their repose.
2008 Globe & Mail (Nexis) 5 June a3 When the Queen visits Toronto, she typically takes her repose at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
ΚΠ
1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. i. sig. A3 Whose wearie lims shall shortly make repose, In those faire walles.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2v My fathers Palace..will be proud To entertaine your presence, if youle daine To make repose within.
1648 R. Robins Whip for Marshalls Court sig. Bv In all places where the King in his owne person, shall come to rest, abide or make repose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
reposev.1
/rᵻˈpəʊz/, /ˌriːˈpəʊz/, U.S. /rəˈpoʊz/, /riˈpoʊz/ I. To put back, restore.† 2. transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To restore (a person) to a state or position previously held; to reinstate; (also) to restore possession of a thing to (a person). Cf. repone v. 2. Obsolete. rare.† 3. transitive. To force back down, repress. Obsolete. rare.
1. † a. transitive. To return (an object) to a particular place; to put back, replace. Cf. reposit v. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > again or in previous position
restorec1425
repone?1440
repose?1440
remise1481
replace1587
recollocate1598
reimplace1611
to put backa1625
refit1649
retroduce1659
relodge1660
reposit1800
reship1804
reshift1822
reset1829
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 334 Her shellis to disclose And write vpon the cornel, hool outake..and so repose [L. reponas].
1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) sig. g.iiiiv If the gutte hath ben longe out, and be so swollen that it cannot be reposed.
1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vi. sig. K.iiii He delivered up his crowne into the handes of Pompeius; but Pompeius reposed it again upon his head.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 323 Procession ended, they repose the Idols within the same tree.
b. transitive. Surgery. To reposition; to restore to the normal position. Cf. reposit v. 2. Now rare.
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1886 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 82 13 Proceed at once to rupture the membranes, introduce the hand into the uterus, repose the cord, and bring down a lower extremity.
1897 Med. Rec. 29 May 758/2 It [sc. the head of the femur] can be reposed and dislocated at will.
1904 Louisville Monthly Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 10 423/1 Lorenz said that a single dislocation could not be reposed after eight years.
1905 Lancet 6 May 1184/2 Tumours which have been reposed or incised during labour must be removed as soon as possible in the puerperium.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > reinstate
restorea1387
reseize?a1425
repose1552
revest1563
reinstall1595
reseat1606
reinstate1616
renovate1816
society > law > legal right > resumption or restoration of rights > restore to legal rights [verb (transitive)] > restore to position
repone1525
repose1552
1552 R. Hutchinson 2nd Serm. in Wks. (Parker Soc.) 241 To repose us into his Father's favour again.
1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 526 The persoun of our..Prince [to be] reposit to full suirtie.
1643 R. Baillie Let. (1841) II. 52 The causes of Mr. Gilbert Power's deposition by all were found null, and he ordained to be reposed.
1643 R. Baillie Let. 22 Sept. (1841) II. 92 Mr. Andrew Logie..latelie had been reposed to his ministrie.
1688 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 336 Suddyes representative to be repossed in the lands mentioned in the act.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down
nithereOE
adweschOE
overtreadOE
quellOE
to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175
adauntc1325
to bear downc1330
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repressc1391
overyoke?a1425
quencha1425
to bear overc1425
supprisec1440
overquell?c1450
farec1460
supprime1490
downbeara1500
stanch1513
undertread1525
downtread1536
suppress1537
to set one's foot on the neck of1557
depress?a1562
overbear1565
surpress1573
trample1583
repose1663
spiflicate1749
sort1815
to trample down1853
to sit on ——1915
to clamp down1924
crack down1940
tamp1959
1663 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi 2nd Pt. Massaniello (rev. ed.) sig. C3v A multitude of common People gather'd together..armed with a full..purpose to repose [1652 represse] the Insolence and Pride of the Nobility.
II. To put, place.† 7. transitive. To regard as existing in something; to ascribe to, perceive in. Obsolete.† 8. transitive. To establish. Obsolete. rare.† 9. transitive. To cast, throw. Obsolete. rare.
4.
a. transitive. To place, esp. for storage or safe keeping; to deposit; (also) to store, keep safe. Now archaic and rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > deposit or put away
to put upc1330
to lay up?a1366
leavea1375
disposec1420
stowc1485
reposea1500
repose?c1525
commit1531
reject1541
dispatcha1566
tuck1587
to put away1607
reposit1630
repositate1716
to stow away1795
park1908
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 5502 Cristis kyrtil..til Ierusalem..Was broucht, and..Þar for a rellyk was reposyt.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Tresilian xx Thynke ther is a treasure..Reposed for all suche as righteousnes ensue.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Aa2v Libraries..are as the Shrynes, where all the Reliques of the ancient Saints..are preserued and reposed . View more context for this quotation
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 426 They reposed there the spoiles of Jerusalem.
1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon VIII. v. 113 The sword was..not to be sheathed or reposed.
1902 M. H. Foote Desert & Sown (2007) iv. 88 The colonel had plucked his sisters walking-hat..from the trunk of the headless Victory; where she had reposed it in her haste before dinner.
b. transitive. To place or deposit in a particular place; (also) to store in. Now archaic and rare.In quot. 1582: to station (a person) in a place.
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1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Liii Iudas reposed in Gods temple an ydoll ymage.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 7 I praye you heartily, to repose this in your memorie.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. xxxix. 92 As for ye bishops they are reposed in cities, as is thought conuenient.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 203 'Twas, as a choice Rarity, repos'd in the Library of the English Benedictines.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) III. vi. 133 The brass cannon and mortars..were reposed for some days in Hyde Park.
2005 P. J. Elliott Ceremonies Mod. Rom. Rite (rev. ed.) 291 They should understand that the Blessed Sacrament..is to be taken immediately to the sick and that unconsumed particles are to be brought back to the church to be reposed in the tabernacle.
5. transitive. To set or place (confidence, trust, etc.) in a person or thing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > have confidence in, trust [verb (transitive)] > place trust
stretchc1000
repose1538
refer1594
give1599
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] > put trust in
setc825
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putc1400
repose1538
pin1583
1538 tr. Erasmus Prepar. to Deathe sig. Biiiv Gyue credence to scriptures, and repose thy holle trust in Christ, and victory is at hande.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xcviijv Suche a one, as he myght repose his whole truste and confidence in.
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xx. 113 Premonishyng men to beware of light hope, and vaine truste, to be reposed in fredes and kinsfolke.
1607 S. Rowlands Diogines Lanthorne 30 Repose not trust in others helpe.
1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre iii. 152 In reuerence therefore of the hopes which the Grecians haue reposed in you.
1644 D. Featley Roma Ruens 47 We ought not to repose any confidence in our own merits.
1719 Christian's Plea 23 Both natural and reveal'd Religion teach Men to repose their entire Trust and Confidence in God.
a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) ii. 126 That extraordinary confidence that was reposed in him.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby vii. ii Herein mainly should we repose our hopes.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 196 In the Baronage the nation reposed an unwavering trust.
1922 C. M. Depew My Memories of Eighty Years ii. 36 The governor was very grateful for the confidence reposed in him.
1986 E. Ullah tr. B. K. Bhattacharya in M. R. Anand & S. B. Rao Panorama 11 Persons who repose their faith in Jesus.
1997 Daily Tel. 8 Aug. 4/4 The three members of the crew who died..reposed in you their absolute trust and confidence.
6.
a. transitive. With in. To entrust or confide (power, responsibility, etc.) to a person or thing. Also: †to confer on or upon (obsolete). Frequently in passive.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > commit to another to deal with
relinquish1547
repose?1548
post1563
relegate1869
?1548 tr. J. Calvin Faythfull Treat. Sacrament sig. Ciiiv Yf our quietnesse & tranquilite be reposed in him [sc. Christ] then must we feele nought els in our selues but vnquietnes.
1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. I repose upon your management what is dearest to me, my Fame and Reputation.
a1681 G. Wharton Brief Disc. Soul World in Wks. (1683) 668 Therefore our Fate for the most part, and our Power are very much reposed in our Hands.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Minister of State, is one upon whom a Prince reposes the Administration of his Kingdom.
1723 True Briton I. 79 Those who would wish to see the Power of returning Juries repos'd in the Hands of Men who should employ it to destroy the Innocent.
1773 J. Scott Observ. Present State Parochial & Vagrant Poor 59 There is a power reposed in the magistrate, of..removing a nuisance so flagrantly pernicious to the community.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella III. ii. xxiii. 354 His greatest defect was the facility with which he reposed the cares of state on favorites, not always the most deserving.
1841 J. Duncan Hist. Guernsey i. 60 Notwithstanding..the great responsibility reposed in the Earl of Warwick, the inhabitants of Guernsey were left defenceless.
1884 Chitty in Law Times Rep. 50 389/1 Parliament has reposed in [the Charity Commissioners] a power of authorising a sale.
1898 Southwestern Reporter 46 991/2 It is claimed that the authority is reposed only in the city itself to build bridges.
1921 Southeastern Reporter 105 336/2 Congress..has exerted the power reposed in it by the amendment by enacting enforced legislation.
1986 M. Loewe in D. C. Twitchett & J. K. Fairbank Cambr. Hist. China (1995) I. vii. 468 There was considerable variety in the type of responsibility reposed in the nine ministers of state.
2002 E. M. Campbell & H. P. Lee Austral. Judiciary ii. 12 Some of these tribunals..have been invested with a jurisdiction formerly reposed in a body named a court.
b. intransitive. To lie in the control or management of a person or institution; to be placed in the hands, power, etc., of.Perhaps influenced by repose v.2 4c.
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1831 Maryland Gaz. 27 Oct. 1/2 We believe that the power reposes with Congress, of so regulating the foreign trade.
1839 ‘G. S.’ tr. E. Tegnér Frithiof's Saga viii. 82 In others' hands my fate reposes.
1851 F. W. Bogen Power in Amer. (ed. 2) 77 The great difference between a Monarchy and a Republic is, that in the latter all the power reposes in the hands of the people.
1932 Times 12 July 15/6 In the hands of the Canadian Premier, more than of any other single delegate, the fate of the Conference will repose.
2003 J. Ferling Leap in Dark ix. 295 Power reposed in the hands of corrupt officials.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute
puta1382
applya1393
suppose?a1425
ascribec1475
attach?1531
attribute1533
adscribe1534
assign?1541
allude1561
repose1561
predicate1614
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xvii. f. 89 The widowes, whiche bounde themselues and their seruices to the Chirch,..take vpon them the bonde of continuall vnmaried life: not because they reposed any religion therin..but because they could not beare that office but beeing..loose from yoke of marriage.
1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles cxvii. 665 He might haue bene suspected for a forger and false reporter, if he had recyted the superscription wherein they reposed so great holynesse.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. xvi. 529 A certain booke,..wherein they reposed much holines, and worshipped it as a god.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. vi. §2. 42 They reposed great Religion in an oath, in respect of the Actor.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > fix or establish in position
i-set971
fastc1275
stablea1300
steada1300
pitchc1300
stablisha1325
ficchec1374
resta1393
seizea1400
locate1513
root1535
plant?a1562
room1567
repose1582
fix1638
haft1728
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 1 Theare Iuno, thee Princes her Empyre wholye reposed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > so as to impinge on something
pat1567
repose1582
inject1599
flap1877
project1936
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Thee southwynd..Three gallant vessels on rocks gnawne craggye reposed [L. tris Notus abreptas in saxa latentia torquet].
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reposev.2
/rᵻˈpəʊz/, U.S. /rəˈpoʊz/, /riˈpoʊz/ 1.
a. transitive (reflexive). To take a rest from something; (also) to recover from. Formerly also with †of. Now archaic and rare.
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c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 96 (MED) Hit were a gret foly, When that y may my silf of loue repos, To take on me suche thoughtfulle charge.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. x. 105 b Although they seme as holidayemenne, to repose theymselfes from all corporall businesse.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. L.3 The Lord our God ordained the seuenth day to be kept holy..for that euery christian man might repose himself from corporall labour.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 449 This year the Emperor glad to repose himself a while from war, attended his pleasures in Spain.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xxvi. 175 She begged I would retire into a chamber, and repose myself from the uncommon fatigues I must have undergone.
1821 C. Mills Hist. Crusades (ed. 2) II. i. 41 Richard reposed himself from the toil of conquest by celebrating his marriage with Berengaria, and participating in the festivities of Limisso.
1869 T. W. Robertson School i. 8 Young ladies, if you have sufficiently reposed yourselves from your walk across the meadow, you can resume your self-imposed labours.
1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. x. 212 Eastman himself stood godfather to this club, and at what times he reposed himself from his bike and pigeon labors, played pool in its rooms.
b. intransitive. To break off from activity or exertion in order to recover one's energy; (also) to enjoy a period free from effort or disturbance. Also figurative. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] > rest
restOE
to hang up one's hatcheta1350
to latch one's ease, one's leave1377
sabbatize1382
roc1460
repose1494
repause1526
respire1566
respite1587
requiesce1653
to rest (also lie) on one's oars1726
to lay off1841
to rest up1858
spell1880
to lie off1891
1494 Loutfut MS f. 4, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Repose And gif the juge has ony consideracioun to gar the parteis repois or bid for ony thing that mycht be, he suld, [etc.].
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxxv [They] desyred him for his pastime after his long trauayle to come and repose in his towne of Lysle.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. viii. 42 Because the wind was too fresh, we reposed vntil the break of day.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 244 Yet must we credit that his hand composed All in sixe Dayes, and that he then Reposed.
1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad ii. lvi. 34 Finde some peaceful Port upon that Coast Where the Armada may repose.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 25 At Tripoli we repos'd a full week.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 72 To the rents, and gulphs, and chasms, Where the Earth reposed from spasms.
1851 Ld. Tennyson To Queen 26 God gave her peace; her land reposed.
1913 Times 13 Oct. 7/3 By rights you ought now to repose after your dangers and hardships.
2. † b. transitive (reflexive). To lean or depend on; to rest one's confidence in. Obsolete.† c. intransitive. To trust or confide in; to depend or rely on. Obsolete.Compare repose v.1 6.† d. intransitive. To be sure of a person. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive (reflexive). To rest oneself, esp. by sleeping; (also) to lay oneself down to rest or sleep. Now archaic and rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease action or operation [verb (reflexive)] > for refreshment
resteOE
reposea1470
arrest1543
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 563 I woll repose me here with a frende of myne.
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) i. 10 Besyde the ymage I adowne me sette After my laboure myselfe to repose.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. C.ijv Now may I repose me: Custance is mine owne.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 151 Roomes readiest Champions, repose you here in rest. View more context for this quotation
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 221 The thick and warm Furrs..are..a soft Bed to repose themselves in.
1756 Mem. Young Lady of Quality III. ix. 20 He persuaded me to undress, and repose myself in bed, where I might take some Refreshment.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 114 Being mounted on a beast who..proceeds very coolly to repose himself in the middle of the pond.
1880 Harper's Mag. June 22/1 Hieronymus reposed himself on the feather-bed.
1904 Eng. Hist. Rev. 19 632 He was not allowed a day to repose himself, all ill and weary as he was.
2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Aug. 2 I was ushered into the treatment room and was invited to repose myself on the divan.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (reflexive)]
trowc950
tresta1250
affyc1350
grounda1387
sickera1400
traista1400
repose1539
stay1549
rest1574
1539 R. Taverner tr. W. Capito Epitome of Psalmes (new ed.) i. sig. A.iv You arte my hope, and truste in whom I only repose my selfe hauyng in the full confydence and fayth.
1580 J. Haye in Catholic Tractates (S.T.S.) 67/32 Thou may bawldlie repoise thy selfe in the Romain kirk.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vii. 47 On thy fortune I repose my selfe. View more context for this quotation
a1656 J. Hales Serm. at Eton (1660) i. 10 Repose your selves altogether on the wit and knowledge of us that are your Teachers.
1702 R. Stephens in F. Bacon Lett. Introd. p. xxvii His Lordship repos'd himself to a great degree in the Advice and Friendship of Sir Thomas Overbury.
1759 S. Johnson Let. 1 Mar. (1992) I. 184 I can repose my self very confidently upon your prudence.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 63 Fabius having taught the people to repose themselves on acts of religion.
1833 D. Urquhart Turkey & its Resources xi. 231 These Christians..were united, and reposing themselves on the authority of the Porte—acted, in fact, in the sultan's name.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Hist. Henry Esmond III. iii. xi. 277 I repose myself on your fidelity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)] > rely on
wrethea1225
treousec1275
resta1382
to stand upon ——a1393
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reckon1547
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repose1567
rely1574
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to make stay upon1682
allot1816
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)]
to set one's heart on (also (in)c825
littenc1175
leanc1230
fie1340
trusta1382
resta1393
reappose1567
repose1567
lite1570
rely1574
to set (up) one's rest1579
rely1606
to look back1646
recumba1677
to pin one's faith (also hope, etc.) on (also to) a person's sleeve1791
to look to ——1807
bank1884
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 167 We ar chosin to repois In faith of Christ.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iii. 26 I doe desire thy worthy company, Vpon whose faith and honor, I repose . View more context for this quotation
1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 430 There returned also the German auxiliaries, in whose loyaltie he most reposed.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 144. ⁋12 His hearers repose upon his candour and veracity.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 455 The soul, reposing on assured relief, Feels herself happy amidst all her grief.
1826 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India (ed. 3) II. iii. ii. 246 He found it, therefore, more agreeable to repose upon the minister, and neglected the advice.
1865 Fun Sept. 168/2 As I have given you the skeleton of the plot and you need only throw in a few incidents, I feel I can repose on your judgement.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > be certain [verb (intransitive)] > be sure of
repose1569
1569 Sir N. Throgmorton in W. Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 57 You may repose as well of him in this matter as of the duke of Norfolk.
e. intransitive. With impersonal subject: to depend or be based on or upon.
ΚΠ
1805 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall VIII. 64 He published in French a sketch of his Reflections on Exile: but his reputation now reposes on the address of Voltaire.
1847 tr. G. Girard Mother-tongue i. iii. 22 It [sc. mathematics] is useless in the intercourse of life, which reposes on faith, duty, and feeling.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1871) III. iv. 272 Their whole system reposes upon fear.
1960 Times 3 Aug. 15/7 Their whole culture reposed upon the presupposition that material wealth was good.
1977 in C. Taylor Philos. Papers i. i. 29 The Nietzschean term ‘value’.. carries this idea that our ‘values’ are our creations, that they ultimately repose on our espousing of them.
1999 S. Gardner Routledge Philos. Guidebk. Kant (2004) i. 6 On Hume's account, our beliefs about the external world have no foundation in reason and repose entirely on ‘habit’ or ‘custom’.
3. † b. intransitive. literary and poetic. To remain still; to lie in quiet. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To rest by sitting or lying down; to lie down to rest; (also in extended use) to ‘rest’ in death.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)]
to go to (one's) resteOE
to take (one's) restc1175
to go to bedc1275
to lie downc1275
reposec1485
down-lie1505
bed1635
to turn in1695
retire1696
lay1768
to go to roost1829
to turn or peak the flukes1851
kip1889
doss1896
to hit the hay1912
to hit the deck1918
to go down1922
to bunk down1940
to hit the sack1943
to sack out1946
to sack down1956
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] > lie down or assume reclining position > to rest
couchc1380
reposec1485
the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] > be dead
sleepc950
restOE
liea1000
to be deadc1000
to lie lowa1275
layc1300
to be gathered to one's fathersa1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
to sup with our Saviour, with Our (the) Lord, with (Jesus) Christa1400
repose1586
slumber1594
to sup in heaven or hell1642
to turn one's toes up to the daisies1842
to be out of the way1881
to push up daisiesa1918
to have had it1942
RIP1962
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxiii. 95 And efter souper the mannis persone restis and reposis jn the nycht.
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 934 I will sit still heir and repois.
1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) 267 And in the same [grave] his breathles banes repose.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 162 If you be pleas'd, retire into my Cell, And there repose . View more context for this quotation
a1657 W. Mure Wks. (1898) I. 34 Happie nimph, quhoise spreit in peace repoises.
1743 A. Pope Ess. Man (new ed.) iv. 387 When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose.
1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 266 Still is the toiling hand of care: The panting herds repose.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iv. xxxiii. 91 At night when I reposed, fair dreams did pass Before my pillow.
1820 P. B. Shelley Ode Oct. 1819 in Prometheus Unbound 193 The dust where your kindred repose.
1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 32 We started at 5 a.m., marched until noon, and reposed.
1928 Times 28 Jan. 10/1 He expected an easy chair to solicit him to repose.
2001 D. Richardson Rough Guide: Moscow ii. ii. 102 All the dead repose in white stone sarcophagi.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > be inactive [verb (intransitive)] > remain inactive
stillc1330
liec1374
stayc1540
to keep one's bill under wing1548
connive1667
to lie by1709
repose1817
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vi. xxxiii. 144 Her..eyes, Which, as twin phantoms of one star that lies O'er a dim well, move, though the star reposes.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 93 When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed.
a1895 J. B. L. Warren Coll. Poems (1903) 357 My life is as a lonely woodland mere, Whose sullen waters without sun repose.
4.
a. transitive. To lay (a person or part of the body) down on (also in, etc.) something in order to rest. Also figurative. Now rare.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > deposit or put away
to put upc1330
to lay up?a1366
leavea1375
disposec1420
stowc1485
reposea1500
repose?c1525
commit1531
reject1541
dispatcha1566
tuck1587
to put away1607
reposit1630
repositate1716
to stow away1795
park1908
?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) iii. 46 The Lord Prince..departid to his seid arrayed chambre and bedde, wheryn the Princes bifore his comyng was reverently leied and reposid.
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 3577 Iesus..hes nocht ane penny braid Quhairon he may repois his heavinlie head.
1589 T. Lodge Scillaes Metamorphosis sig. A2 The Sea-god Glaucus..Reposd his head vpon my faintfull knee.
1623 J. Abbot Iesus Præfigured ii. 89 Yee pamp'red Chaplines who in downie beds, Betwixt your Lemmans armes repose your heads.
1668 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Idea Perfection Painting 116 This Figure situated in the middle of the piece..leaning his head upon his arme, and reposing his elbow on the corner of a Table.
1716 tr. Aristænetus Lett. Love & Gallantry xii. 32 I often repose my head upon her delicate breasts.
1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. xiii. 17 I could mock the sultry Toil, When on my Charmer's Breast repos'd.
1786 R. Burns Poems 46 Wi' arm repos'd upon the chair-back, He sweetly does compose him.
1852 M. Arnold Tristram & Iseult 1 The eyes [are] closed—The lashes on the cheeks reposed.
1882 W. D. Howells Out of Question 73 After the doctor set his wrist and she had got him to repose his exhausted frame on the sofa.
1908 ‘O. Henry’ Voice of City (1917) 52 Mrs. Peters reposed her 200 pounds on the safer of the two chairs and gazed stolidly out the one window at the brick wall opposite.
b. intransitive. To lie or be laid down on something to rest; (also) to recline, lean back on (also upon). Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.to repose on one's laurels: see laurel n.1 2c.
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1595 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Third Proceeding Harmonie King Davids Harp lv. 115 O Lord Jesus Christ..heare and preserue vs wretched and weake soules reposing vppon thy shoulders.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 213 His right Cheeke Reposing on a Cushion. View more context for this quotation
1662 Speeches, Disc. & Prayers J. Barkstead, J. Okey & M. Corbet (new ed.) i. 3 They were..cast into a nasty moist and dark Dungeon, having nothing else but the damp Earth to repose upon.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. v, in Wks. (1831) 890/1 Am I now reposing on a bed of flowers?
1793 H. Boyd Indian Observer 3 Dec. 126 The nights of Orgastes are passed at the gaming-table, while Eugenius reposes on the bosom of conjugal happiness.
1826 London Mag. Aug. 497 When about a league each way from land, we reposed upon our oars.
1849 Yale Lit. Mag. Oct. 4 No one..can repose upon laurels already won—he must be constantly winning.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 38 The Justice Shallows were not allowed to repose upon their dignity.
1864 H. Jones Holiday Papers 241 We enjoy most that which we have not fully got. We begin to sicken directly we repose upon success.
1918 W. Owen Let. 31 Oct. (1967) 591 Other officers repose on wire beds behind me.
1962 R. Hayden in Angle of Ascent (1975) 107 Reposing on cushions of black leopard skin, he telephones instructions.
2000 R. Fletcher in Spain iii. 86 Her head reposed upon a pillow.
c. intransitive. literary and poetic. Of light, the gaze, etc.: to fall on (also upon) something, esp. in a lingering manner; to dwell, rest.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to rest
bedc1175
settle1622
repose1791
1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery I. 243 Sun-shine striking a wood..and reposing on the tuftings of a clump.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xxviii. 71 On that reverend form the moonlight did repose.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II lviii. 148 On such things the memory reposes With tenderness.
1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) III. ix. 141 Here, there was the brown, breezy sweep of surrounding fields for the eye to repose on.
1905 W. C. Russell Yarn Old Harbour Town (1906) v. 112 Mr Lawrence's eye reposed upon Lucy's figure whilst his father was bidding the party farewell.
1915 M. Pearle Calif. & Other Poems 22 June is the month of roses, The fairest of the year, Its luring light reposes On beauty everywhere.
1995 J. N. Gold tr. C. Suárez in C. Suárez ii. 53 Pools of green water on which the moon reposes.
d. intransitive. To lie; to be placed or situated, esp. horizontally; to occupy a physical position on (also upon) something. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > be upon something [verb (intransitive)]
to sit on ——eOE
leanOE
restOE
to sit upon ——c1300
set1570
insist1598
seat1607
inside1657
repose1799
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. vi. 294 Trees carbonated, or bituminated sometimes repose on Coal.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 249 The basalt reposed on clay, into which a gallery was worked without meeting the basalt.
1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 427 Flint Coal a coal measure so called, partly from its hardness, and partly from reposing upon a siliceous rock.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xiii. 297 Almost every glacier reposes upon an inclined bed.
1876 All Year Round 15 Jan. 377/1 ‘Toys’ repose on velvet cushions.
1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea ii. 22 On the table reposed a nut cake which she had baked that morning.
1951 S. Plath Jrnl. Aug. (2000) 84 The gutted carcass of the turkey reposed on a huge silver platter.
1987 N.Y. Times 15 Mar. h5/4 Her principal struggle with time is recorded on a..calendar that reposes on the coffee table.
1997 L. Rostenberg in L. Rostenberg & M. Stern Old Books, Rare Friends (1998) 231 Languidly, we picked up a little calfbound duodecimo that had presumably reposed for fourteen years on that floor.
a. transitive. To give or afford rest to (a person); to refresh by means of rest. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]
akeleOE
restOE
comfort1303
ease1330
quickc1350
recurea1382
refresha1382
refetec1384
restorec1384
affilea1393
enforcec1400
freshc1405
revigour?a1425
recomfortc1425
recreatec1425
quicken?c1430
revive1442
cheerc1443
refection?c1450
refect1488
unweary1530
freshen1532
corroborate1541
vige?c1550
erect?1555
recollect?1560
repose1562
respite1565
rouse1574
requicken1576
animate1585
enlive1593
revify1598
inanimate1600
insinew1600
to wind up1602
vigorize1603
inspiritc1610
invigour1611
refocillate1611
revigorate1611
renovate1614
spriten1614
repaira1616
activate1624
vigour1636
enliven1644
invigorate1646
rally1650
reinvigorate1652
renerve1652
to freshen up1654
righta1656
re-enlivena1660
recruita1661
enlighten1667
revivify1675
untire1677
reanimate1694
stimulate1759
rebrace1764
refreshen1780
brisken1799
irrigate1823
tonic1825
to fresh up1835
ginger1844
spell1846
recuperate1849
binge1854
tone1859
innerve1880
fiercen1896
to tone up1896
to buck up1909
pep1912
to zip up1927
to perk up1936
to zizz up1944
hep1948
to zing up1948
juice1964
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease temporarily > give rest to
restOE
abreathec1425
breathea1470
repose1562
sabbatize1701
spell1846
to rest up1974
1562 T. Sternhold et al. Whole Bk. Psalmes lxix. 162 O Lord vnto my soule draw nye, The same with ayde repose.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 117 There some fewe daies were spent in reposing the army.
1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vii. iii. 274 The peace was concluded..whereunto the King of the Romaines agreed, to the end he might repose his subiects.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena ii. 51 The time for reposing the Galley-slaves being expired.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 319 Have ye chos'n this place After the toyl of Battel to repose Your wearied vertue..? View more context for this quotation
1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 13 Whose Seats the weary Traveller repose?
1794 A. M. Bennett Ellen I. 22 He rose from the bed of down, which for neatness and comfort might repose a Prince.
1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xv. 315 He..halted at Hillsborough to repose his wayworn soldiers.
1876 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land I. 125 A cool green-blue, a celadon tint that reposed the eye and the brain.
1892 A. T. Mahan Infl. Sea Power (1894) I. ix. 277 Remaining there a few days to repose his troops and secure his position, he departed again on the 7th of August.
b. transitive. To lodge (a person) for the night. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > provide with temporary accommodation > for the night
lodgec1325
repose1725
1725 T. Thomas in Portland Papers (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 132 That apartment where the judges used to be reposed in when they came to this place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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