单词 | reposing |
释义 | † reposingn.1 Obsolete. rare. The action of setting a broken bone (cf. repose v.1 1b). ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 98v Akyng..comeþ of ouermych stricture and vncouenable settyng or reposyng [?c1425 Paris settynge togidre; L. repositura]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). reposingn.2 Now rare. The action of repose v.2; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest roOE restOE leathc1175 quieta1398 leathinga1400 restinga1450 reposinga1470 reposec1485 requiem1565 respire1590 reposure1602 reposal1614 reposance1647 lassation1650 recumbency1653 requiescence1654 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 718 Thus [they] fought stylle withoute ony reposynge two owres and never brethid. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. iii. iv. f. lxii He oughte of reason to haue quiete reposyng of hymselfe from labour. 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 361 The King and Quenis Majesteis departis this nycht towart Striviling for reposing of thair Hienessis. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Relaschement, a reposing, resting, refreshing. 1790 R. Merry Laurel of Liberty (ed. 2) 22 Calm reposings in the noontide shade. 1840 Times 20 Aug. 7/2 Many cases had been cited on the subject of the reposing of heads in one parish and the kicking of heels in another. 1881 Jrnl. Mineral. Soc. Jan. 164 There is here far from the tranquil reposing of the one rock upon the other, that we found to obtain where it overlaid the Torridon. 1905 Everybody's Mag Aug. 272/1 He..stiffly lowered himself to a place where the bench had been worn by many previous reposings. Compounds General attributive, as reposing bed, reposing hour, etc. ΚΠ 1565 Earl of Bedford in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 210 Ther is a cabinet abowte xii footes square, in the same a lyttle lowe reposinge bedde, and a table. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 72 Sorrowe breake seasons, and reposing howers. View more context for this quotation 1661 Fasti Aberdonenses (Spalding Club) 606 For hair to the reposeing bed, and furme in the principle's chamber. 1697 in Sc. Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. 2 90 A plain reposeing seat. 1796 A. Clark Diary Aug. in Uncle John Carr (2000) 37 The Banqueting house..is very elegantly finish'd with stucco & other ornaments within, & there is an adjoining reposing room & Couch. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 229 The fiends of lawless pow'r..Intrude on weary'd toil's reposing hour. 1836 Times 17 Feb. 1/6 (advt.) A Farm, called Crowd Hill; comprising a farm residence, to which have been recently attached 2 spacious sitting rooms,..and a chamber or reposing room to each. 1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) vi. 287 When it [sc. the mortician's business] is achieved the patient is put into a casket and stored in the reposing room or slumber-room of a funeral-home. 2005 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 7 July c1 Funeral directors have come out to see the reposing bed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reposingadj. That reposes; that is tranquil, calm, or (of a person or figure) recumbent; (also occasionally) that causes a person or thing to repose.In quot. 1655: that causes the senses to recover their strength or acuity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] eveneOE still1340 unperturbeda1450 unmovedc1480 quietful1494 lowna1500 calma1568 calmya1586 unpassionatea1586 smartless1593 reposeful1594 dispassionate1595 recollected1595 unaffectedc1595 unpassioned?1605 unpassionated1611 collecteda1616 tranquila1616 untouched1616 impassionate1621 composed1628 dispassioneda1631 tranquillous1638 slow1639 serene1640 dispassionated1647 imperturbed1652 unruffled1654 reposing1655 equanimous1656 perplacid1660 placate1662 equal1680 collect1682 cooled1682 posed1693 sedate1693 impassive1699 uninflamed1714 unexcited1735 unalarmed1756 unfanned1764 unagitated1772 undistraught1773 recollected1792 equable1796 unfussy1823 take-it-easy1825 unflurried1854 cool1855 comfortable1856 disimpassioned1860 tremorless1869 unpressured1879 unrippled1883 ice-cool1891 unrattled1891 Zen-likea1908 unrestless1919 steadyish1924 ataractic1941 relaxed1958 nonplussed1960 loose1968 Zenned-out1968 downtempo1972 mellowed1977 de-stressed1999 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep sleepingc1374 sleeper1530 slumbered1590 dormant1623 dormient1643 reposing1655 dormitory1797 shut-eye1899 flaked (out)1942 the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moved > being left unmoved reposing1655 the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adjective] > resting restingOE restful?c1422 reposing1655 the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adjective] > resting > relating to or characterized by repose restingOE restful1340 reposeful1594 reposing1655 1655 Duchess of Newcastle Worlds Olio 166 The Reposing Vapour proceeds from the Natural digesting Heat and Moisture that is in the Body. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur v. 133 Prince Arthur to Embark approach'd the Shore, Where the reposing Seas no longer Roar. 1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 220 A neutral reposing state of the passions. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. iii. 251 His heart teems reconciled To all things and itself, like a reposing child. 1884 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 531/1 In the hippodrome..were..a reposing Hercules, representations of swine, and the colossal bull from which the square derived its name. 1901 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 21 217 We have here evidently a later modification of the well-known type of the reposing Apollo. 2000 Amer. Art Jrnl. 31 26/2 A supine and presumably flirting Ettie in vermilion converses with a reposing Nadelman in a gold suit. 2004 D. Ali Court Culture in Early Medieval India ii. iv. 154 Relaxed and reposing postures, only occasional and sporadic in pre-Gupta art, become increasingly widespread from the fifth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1?a1425n.2a1470adj.1655 |
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