reposaln.1
/rᵻˈpəʊzl/, U.S. /rəˈpoʊz(ə)l/, /riˈpoʊz(ə)l/ 1. The action or fact of reposing, or of causing a person or thing to repose. Cf. repose v.2
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest
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restOE
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reposance1647
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recumbency1653
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1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. v[i]. §1 After many yeares reposall in the graue.
1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. vii. 161 If they goe on to trouble the peace of my sweet reposall in the bosome of my deare Mother; the Church of England.
1765 S. Johnson Jrnl. Oct. in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1793) I. 463 To consider the act of prayer as a reposal of myself upon God.
1809 W. Wordsworth Convent. Cintra 22 A paramount reliance on superior valour, instead of a principled reposal on superior constancy and immutable resolve.
1834 Metrop. Mag May 22 We were, indeed, in full possession of those rarest and purest elements of happiness,—harmonious accordance of temper and disposition, and calm reposal on the affection of each other.
1928 Amer. Anthropologist 30 202 Sometimes they will say that a mass read for the reposal of their souls will do.
1997 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 17 July (Homelife section) 3 I can almost picture the tan cover and the tag that says ‘Mattress, suitable for human reposal’.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > reliance
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1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxiii. §1 What are these then? absolute reposall in his and his Successors infallibility?
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest > that on which one rests
reposal1621
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. vi. 113 Idlenesse..the Divels cushion, as Gualter cals it, his pillow, & chiefe reposall.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. i. 716 It is a sole ease, an vnspeakable comfort, a sweet reposall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
reposaln.2
/rᵻˈpəʊzl/, U.S. /rəˈpoʊz(ə)l/, /riˈpoʊz(ə)l/ Now rare.
The action of placing something, esp. trust or confidence, in a person or thing; an instance of this.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) ii. i. 67 Would the reposall [1608 reposure] Of any trust, vertue, or worth in thee Make thy words faith'd?
1780 View Present State Ireland 89 To this reposal of trust we owe the origin of private banks.
1794 Answer Declar. King of Eng. 7 This man employs the money of his people to bribe the commanders of Toulon, traitorously to deliver up the port, and then, with an unblushing effrontery, he calls this act of perfidy a reposal of confidence!
1848 A. Robinson Acct. navigating Ganges 63 To accomplish it required the reposal of confidence..on the part of the employers.
1867 J. Laing Theory of Business xix. 237 Estimates of the future may be obtained useful for general guidance but never warranting the reposal of perfect confidence in their coming true.
2004 C. E. Kirsch Broker-Dealer Regulation 28 The court recognized that spouses and family members can become fiduciaries, but not from nothing more than the ‘gratuitous reposal of a secret’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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