单词 | reposure |
释义 | reposuren.1 rare after 17th cent. Repose; rest or resting; the state or condition of being quiet, calm, or relaxed. In quot. 1956 perhaps with the sense ‘a place of repose’; cf. reposal n.1 3. 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 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D2 Seat your thoughts In the reposure of most soft content. 1609 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet i. v. f. 9v Wee may ease our selues with rest, sleepe and reposure. 1658 J. Hall Emblems with Elegant Figures sig. A Mount up low thoughts and see what sweet Reposure Heaven can beget. 1661 Thracian Wonder iv. i. sig. E4v Here's a stranger, Sir, that wants reposure... The night draws on, and 'twere unhospitable to deny him. 1838 J. J. Griffin Chem. Recreations (ed. 8) i. 190 These liquors, upon reposure, separate, and the whole of the oil swims upon the surface of the water. 1904 H. Howard Poems IV. 114 I stood in that far-famed enclosure By thousands visited, Where, in the stillness of reposure, Are grouped battalions dead. 1956 (title) The southern reposure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † reposuren.2 Obsolete. rare. 1. = reposal n.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > reliance repose1591 dependency1593 reliance1606 reposure1608 reposal1614 dependence1628 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vi. 68 Could the reposure [1623 reposall] of any trust, vertue, or worth in thee make thy words fayth'd? View more context for this quotation 2. A person in whom or thing in which something immaterial (as a feeling) may be reposed. Cf. repose v.1 5, 6 and repository n. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > [noun] > object of trust sheet-anchor1524 confidence1535 staya1542 mainstay1604 reposure1682 dependence1753 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > one to whom a thing is entrusted repository1592 depositor1604 depositary1608 depository1656 depositee1676 reposure1682 consignatarya1685 custodee1739 a person of confidence1777 repositary1866 1682 R. Saunders Several Epist. i. iii. 22 in View of Soul There is no one so inhumane, but his love will find some other receptacle or reposure than himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11602n.21608 |
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