† repausev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To repose, rest.
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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
1526 R. Whitford tr. Martiloge f. xxxiiv Iesu after his deth repaused and rested in his sepulcre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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v.1526- to give livery
- to give lost
- to give love to
- to give make grief
- to give mate
- to give mettle to
- to give mischance
- to give mouth
- to give mouth to
- to give name to
- to give no charge of
- to give no force of
- to give no road
- to give nonplus to
- to give note of
- to give notice
- to give nought of
- to give occasion to
- to give odds
- to give of
- to give of one's best
- to give of oneself
- to give off
- to give offal to a bear
- to give offence to