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restn.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian rest , reste (West Frisian rêst ), Middle Dutch raste , rast , (rare) reste (Dutch †rast ), Old Saxon rasta , resta (Middle Low German raste , rast , reste ; > Swedish rast , Danish rast ), Old High German rasta , resta (Middle High German rast , raste , rest , reste , German Rast ), all in senses relating to repose or a break from activity; also cognate with Old Icelandic rǫst (plural rastir ), Old Swedish rast , rost , Gothic rasta , all denoting a mile or other unit of distance; further cognate with (with different ablaut grade) Middle Dutch roste , rost , ruste , rust (Dutch rust ), Middle Low German roste , rost , ruste , rüste , rust , Middle High German rust (German Rüste ), all in senses relating to repose or a break from activity; further etymology uncertain: perhaps < an extended form of the same Indo-European base as ro n. The uses denoting a unit of distance in North Germanic and East Germanic probably developed from a meaning ‘distance between two resting points’. For a further group of probably cognate words compare earn n.1In Old English usually a strong feminine (rest ); however, a weak feminine by-form (reste ) is occasionally attested. Old English rest shows i-mutation caused by the stem-forming suffix (jō -stem); the form ræst perhaps shows failure of i-mutation due to the intervening consonant group (compare R. M. Hogg Gram. Old Eng. (1992) I. §5.80.(2)), but may alternatively reflect a suffix form which does not cause mutation (i.e. ō -stem). The Germanic cognates show forms with and without i-mutation, apparently reflecting variation between jō -stem and ō -stem formations. The β. forms show Middle English raising of ĕ to ĭ before a dental consonant; compare forms at lest conj., bequest n., quest n.2, etc., and see further R. Jordan Handb. der mittelenglischen Grammatik (1934) §34.1, E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §77. (The rare Old English form ryst at α. forms is of different origin, probably showing a Kentish inverted spelling of y for e (compare A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §288).) There is no direct connection with Danish rist , itself probably < German regional (Low German) reste . It is uncertain whether the (relatively rare) γ. forms show a development from the other English forms, or whether they should be connected with the forms in other West Germanic languages reflecting a stem vowel *u . In Old English the prefixed form gerest (compare y- prefix) is also attested (in senses ‘rest, repose; bed, couch’), and survives into early Middle English as irest. I. Senses relating to repose or a break from activity. 1. the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > esp. gained from sleep eOE (Mercian) (1965) cxxxi. 4 (5) Si dedero somnum oculis meis..aut requiem temporibus meis : gif ic sellu slep egum minum..oðð reste ðunwengum minum. OE (Corpus Cambr.) xxii. 47 Be muneca reste. Ænlypige munecas geond ænlypige bed restan. a1400 (Laud) (1932) 261 (MED) Þis whyle Nero hadde noye & non nyȝtes reste. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) §624 Enclineth yow nat ouer mychel for to slepe, for ouer mychel reste [c1415 Lansd. rust, c1425 Petworth rest; c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 slep] norissheth..manye vices. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 7505 (MED) Sleep was made for manis rest. 1485 (Caxton) x. xxix. sig. C.vi Thus they fought tyl it was nyghte, and..eueryche party drewe to their reste. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in (1557) 43/1 His maister gaue him in charge, not to forebeare his reste. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cxxxv Iohn Leidane gaue him self to reste, and slepeth thre whole daies together. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. ii. 12 The Crickets sing, and mans ore-labor'd sense Repaires it selfe by rest . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 120 No dreadful Dreams awak'd him with affright; His Pains by Day, secur'd his Rest by Night. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe 335 The People seem'd to be all at their Rest. 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in 90 Who is he..That calls me from the bed of rest? 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland ix. 110 On his hand her hand so lightly prest, As if she fear'd to interrupt his rest. 1833 H. Martineau i. iv. 62 Nicholas was permitted to depart to his rest. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 430 His rest that night was broken. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell xv. 390 Overhead, in the darkening sky,..the matron evening star beams calmly on our rest. 1912 Apr. 44 It made him irritable and absent-minded, took away his appetite and broke his rest with dreams. 1955 2 May 13/1 I sleep on a back-veranda and every night my rest is disturbed. 1999 A. Arensberg vi. xvi. 183 He feasted on her from the small hours until daybreak, robbing her of rest. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > [noun] OE (Northumbrian) xxiii. 6 Amant..primos recubitos in cenis : lufað..ða formo ręsto uel ðæ foresedlo in farmum. OE (Julius) 4 Mar. 28 Ða genam heo sancte Adrianes hand, seo him wæs of acorfen,..ond asette æt hire heafdum on hire ræste. OE 11 Salomones reste wæs mid weardum ymbseted. OE (Tiber. B.i) anno 1054 Þy ylcan geare swealt Osgod..swa swa he on his reste læg. c1175 ( (Bodl. 343) (1894) 32 Ða on þa ylcan nihte þa heo on hire reste wæs þa com hire an stæfne to ðæs ðe hire iðuht wæs þet hit godes engel wære. the world > life > death > [noun] > state or condition of OE 1368 Nu se eorðan dæl, banhus abrocen burgum in innan wunað wælræste. OE (1931) 1643 Þa wearð Seme suna and dohtra on woruldrice worn afeded, freora bearna, ær ðon forð cure wintrum wælreste werodes aldor. OE List of Eng. Saints (Corpus Cambr. 201) in F. Liebermann (1889) 5 Heo silf þar hyre licreste geceas be hire libbendre. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1934) 46 (MED) Abid me þenne, broþer..hwil þet ich ibidde me, & biteache him mi gast & mi bodi baðe, to ro & to reste. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 2432 He bad iosep..him birien in ebron... Ðor abraham was leid..and hise eldere... He ðogt wið hem reste to hauen. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxviii. 24 In the reste of the deade [L. In requie mortui] mac to resten the mynde of hym. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) x. xii. l. 139 The Orodes the hard rest doith oppress, The cauld and irny slepe of dethys stress. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie (1928) II. f. 48 Fra deid..lay on the his mace eftir that rest thair is no rest allace. 1611 Job xvii. 16 They shall goe downe to the barres of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. vii. 24 This pale faint Swan..sings His soule and body to their lasting rest . View more context for this quotation 1797 R. Southey 124 One leap, and all is over! The deep rest Of Death, or tranquil Apathy's dead calm Welcome alike to me. 1848 Oct. 428 The pleasant rest of death, deep as the night. 1880 Oct. 418/1 Peasants must have come and carried him to his rest in some lonely grave. 1906 E. C. Farnsworth 57 The comrades, the friends in that life, Sleep well, of the grave's rest partaking. 2003 (Nexis) 29 Aug. 41 To prepare her for her rest, the funeral home gave Mother a big smile. 2. the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest OE (Claud.) xvi. 23 Sæternesdæges rest [L. requies sabbati] is Drihtne gehalgod. OE Hymns (Julius A.vi) ii. 2 in H. Gneuss (1968) 267 Ut reddat quies solutos artus usui : þæt agife rest þa toslopenan liða heora bryce. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 4169 Þe sefennde þe lattste daȝȝ He sette þeȝȝm to resste. c1300 (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1130 He wende..fyve and tuenti myle..er he wolde him to reste do. c1400 (?c1380) l. 279 Nowhere he fyndez No rest ne recouerer, bot ramel and myre. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1112 Vn-to hise chambris was he led a non Ffor hise ese & for to take hise reste. c1450 (a1400) R. Lavynham (Harl. 211) (1956) 16 (MED) Longe reste to take fedith mochil wickidnesse. 1530 J. Palsgrave 262/2 Rest of the body or mynde, repos. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. v. 79 So call the Field to rest, and let's away, To part the glories of this happy day. View more context for this quotation 1697 S. Patrick (xxiii. 16) 448 God now gave them some rest, and respiration..from their Imployments. 1726 tr. J. Cavalier iii. 242 I wanted some Rest for the Remains of Winter. a1795 G. Haggitt (1796) I. xviii. 280 Some say, they have been working hard six days in the week, and stand in need of rest on the seventh. a1805 W. Paley Reasons for Contentm. in (1838) II. 523 The rich see..the refreshment and pleasure which rest affords to the poor. 1960 H. Pinter 11 Anyway, I'm obliged to you, letting me..letting me have a bit of rest, like..for a few minutes. 1991 J. Sandford (1991) 251 ‘I need some rest.’ ‘All right. See you tomorrow?’ ‘Mmm. Not too early.’ OE (Claud.) xxvi. 33 Ic todrife eow, & þæt land lið on reste, for ðan ðe hit ne reste ða hwile ðe ge ðæron wunodon. c1500 in T. Stapleton (1839) 106 We have rest; & past this summer, I wyll pray you to come & kill a bucke with me. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1903) II. iv. xi. 85 The pestilence was sa vehement in þis ȝere þat it gaif rest to all other besines. 1535 Lev. xxv. 4 In the seuenth yeare the londe shal haue his Sabbath of rest. 1648 S. Rutherford i. xiii. 162 Free-wills Sabbath and rest is to lye quietly and contentedly under the sweet actings of grace. 1757 E. Burke iv. x. 133 The organ has a sort of relaxation or rest, which prevents that tension, that species of labour which is allied to pain, and causes the sublime. 1822 54 The Chinese, it is said smile at the idea, that land needs rest. 1877 G. C. Brodrick 44 If the nation ever needed rest at all, it needed rest at the end of 1871. 1967 H. Lockyer (1988) 41/2 A land that had rest from war and captivity for forty years. the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun] c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 5208 He shollde libbenn. Wiþþ resste. & ro. wiþþ utenn swinnc. c1275 (?c1250) (Calig.) (1935) 281 Me is lof to habbe reste & sitte stille in myne neste. c1400 (?c1380) 1087 (MED) Felde I nawþer reste ne trauayle, So watz I rauyste wyth glymme pure. a1450 (?a1349) in H. E. Allen (1931) 43 Luf es lyf þat lastes ay, þar it in Criste es feste... Þe nyght it tournes intil þe day, þi travel intyll reste. 1493 (de Worde) vii. sig. Biij/1 Suche men unresonably..encline soo to the rest & commodyte of the body. 1526 W. Bonde i. sig. Aiiii All..creatures in this worlde, hath place deputed..wherin their propre quietacion and rest is. c1550 sig. Biii They that vseth sporte and playe Lyueth at ease meryly They haue moste hertyest reste And fareth of the beste That thus spendeth theyr lyues in iolyte. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. iii. 340 Lest rest, and lying stil, might make them looke, Too neare vnto my state. View more context for this quotation 1680 T. Otway iii. 38 Her poor heart has beat it self to rest. 1773 80 There are, indeed, some who are impatient of rest in every situation. 1785 W. Cowper i. 394 That love of rest To which he forfeits ev'n the rest he loves. 1813 W. Scott ii. 55 The gale had sighed itself to rest. 1819 Ld. Byron clxviii. 203 And every day by day-break—rather early For Juan, who was somewhat fond of rest—She came into the cave. 1879 9 800 It soon passed off again with rest and the opium and digitalis and tannin pills. 1910 G. Bonner v. ii. 448 If delight in rest has replaced her old bodily energy, her mind had gained a new activity. 1920 29 May 1159/1 A number of years have elapsed since my views on the treatment of tuberculous, rheumatoidal, and other conditions of joints by means of rest were first shaken. 2005 M. T. Hills xix. 151 Rest and relaxation is a far more important factor in our health than most of use realize. 1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ (new ed.) x. sig. MM.ij By to much slouth doth strength deay, and by to long a rest. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot i. 168 After several rests, we got to the top about nine a clock. 1794 J. Billingsley 81 The strength of the land is so exhausted by the forced fertility, that a rest of eight or ten years is necessary to prepare for its repetition. 1847 Jan. 40/2 They may have got it so full of couch or twitch grass as to be induced to give it a rest. 1861 F. Metcalfe (1867) xxii. 331 The tired nags will have a comparative rest today. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson (ed. 3) 340/1 In all campaigns certain pauses have to be noted in the march of an army... These are known as rests and halts. 1926 II. 454/1 An important innovation..has been the introduction of short rests, in the middle of a working period, of about 10 or 15 min. duration. 1940 17 June 10/1 It is surely a mistake to countenance seeding to grass and clovers unless the land needs a rest. 1973 J. Mann vi. 58 The girls who dig are always glad of an excuse to skive off and have a rest. 2005 (U.K. ed.) Feb. 125/4 The idea of a detox is to give your body a rest by eating and drinking things that don't overburden your system. society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of > specific term of (year(s)) 1882 9/2 Dick went pulling down sawney for grub last week, when a cop pinched him. He's gone in the country for a rest. 1945 S. J. Baker vii. 141 Here is a brief glossary of jail sentences: lag, three months…rest, twelve months [etc.]. 3. the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [noun] OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xl. 337 Ure drihten.., se ðe forgeaf reste, and stilnysse his folce Israhel. OE St. Eustace (Julius) in W. W. Skeat (1900) II. 202 Drihten leof, syle me nu reste mire mænigfealdan gedrefednysse. lOE (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 656 Hi moten þær wunen þa ða here lif wilen læden mid sibbe and mid reste. a1225 (c1200) (1888) 13 (MED) Mani oðer was ðe more hafde misdon, and non unȝelimp ne cam, ac hadde alle blisse and reste inowh. c1300 (Laud Misc. 108) (1889) 41 (MED) Þouȝ was þriven and þro Mittis ded i alle mine, To porveȝe þe rest and ro And þouȝ to bringe me in pine. c1350 (Harl. 874) (1961) 113 (MED) Þe smeek of her tourment shal encrecen wiþouten ende, & þai ne shullen haue no rest niȝth ne day. c1420 in (1887) 50 149 (MED) Hold ȝowre tunge and sey þe best and let ȝowre neyȝbore sitte in rest. c1460 (McClean) (1960) 51 (MED) Rest of torment from all evil affecciouns be þe wich alle wrecchid synneris ben ofte tymes tormentid in herte. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 11693 But he þat dampned is to helle..euere in sorwe dwelle, Wiþouten rest, wiþ-oute mercy. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lxvi. 228 I haue..maynteyned the countre in peace & rest and good iustyce. 1595 S. Daniel vi. lxviii. sig. Cc4v The cause in managing Is more then yours; 't imports the publique rest. 1611 Josh. xiv. 15 And the land had rest from warre. View more context for this quotation 1638 P. Vincent vii. 36 Onely here and there, as the land hath rest, the dwellers returne. 1732 J. Anderson 223 Romulus having rest from War since the 21st Year of his Reign imploy'd his Time in settling the Government upon the surest Foundation. 1781 W. Cowper 581 Thy foes implacable, thy land at rest. 1855 C. Kingsley xxvii The poor Quashies, in danger of their lives, complained to Amyas, and got rest for a while. 1873 1 Nov. 281/2 The patient complains terribly of the pain in his head; he can get no rest from it day or night. 1908 E. Pottle xxix. 215 She longed to get at her mind, to tear it in pieces, that she might have rest from the seething turbulence of its questioning. 1952 H. Calisher (1962) 129 Her mind was having its revenge for all those fallow years. It had become an instrument that gave her no rest. 2004 P. A. Perry xxiii. 173 She had found some rest from fear. the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > freedom from toil OE (1992) iv. 94 Þa þe her swincaþ swiðost for Godes naman, þa lædað þa englas on ece reste. OE Ælfric (Julius) (1900) II. 364 On þam ecan life þe æfter þysum cymð bið þam rihtwisum forgifen rest and gefea, and þam unrihtwisum þa ecan wita. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 7743 Forr uss birrþ lufenn godd & mann Swa summ þe goddspell tæcheþþ. Forr swa to winnenn resste. & ro & eche lifess blisse. a1250 in C. Brown (1932) 4 (MED) Þu ȝiuest eche reste ful of swete blisse, þer ðe neure deað ne come, ne herm ne sorinesse. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 2534 God leue hem in his blisse spilen Among engeles & seli men, Wið-uten ende in reste ben. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 1007 (MED) Paradis is a priue stedd..land o liue, o ro and rest. a1450 ( in J. Kail (1904) 41 Ȝe þouȝte ȝe had not ynow Euere lastyng lyf and euere more rest. 1485 W. Caxton tr. sig. miij/1 Receyue my soule and brynge me to reste perdurable. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) vii. 17 That he neuer rise til the rist of heuen. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. (1823) xv Lord of thy holy hill, who shall the rest obtaine? 1611 Heb. iv. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in 25 After this thy travail sore Sweet rest sease thee evermore. 1756 T. Amory I. 58 The gospel of Jesus Christ..opens the unbounded regions of eternal day to the virtuous and charitable, and promises them a rest from labour, and ever blooming joys. 1785 W. Cowper v. 841 Ordain'd to guide th' embodied spirit home From toilsome life to never-ending rest. 1814 Aug. 352/2 The earthly Sabbath..must continue till all the people of God shall have entered into their eternal rest. 1827 J. Keble I. i. 4 Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love Fit us for perfect Rest above. 1865 R. W. Dale vi. 71 Our final blessedness will be a rest from toil. 1921 E. St. V. Millay 7 And I gazed upon the sky, And I thought of Heavenly Rest. 1976 12 Jan. 9/2 He took his eternal rest on 10th Muharram, 1380 Hizri at 9.30 a.m. 2002 (Nexis) 19 Dec. b12 Loved by so many, his passing into eternal rest was unexpected, but the Lord knows best. the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] eOE (Mercian) (1965) cxiv. 6 (7) Conuertere animam meam in requiem tuam quia dominus benefecit mihi : gecer sawle mine in reste dine for ðon dryhten wel dyde me. OE Ælfric (Julius) (1900) II. 290 Auitianus þa eode eft to his bedde, and wearð eft of slæpe egeslice awreht, and hrymde to his mannum, cwæð þæt Martinus stode ætforan his gatum, and forðy ne moste nane reste habban ne modes ne lichaman. OE tr. Defensor (1969) lviii. 352 Numquam mentis requiem habet qui curis terrenis se subdit : næfre geþances reste hæfð se þe carum eorþlicum hyne underþeod. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 4972 Swa ȝe muȝhenn resste. & ro. Till ȝure sawless findenn. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 11 Ðan sal him almigtin luuen..And giuen him blisse and soules reste. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 3762 (MED) Mi hert bes neuer broght in rest, Bituixand þis iacob be slan. c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich (1978) 45 (MED) Thaye love and seekes here ryste in this thynge that is so lytille whare no reste ys yn. 1490 W. Caxton tr. xxvi. 92 Thou hast taken rest fro me, & hast brought me in-to ryght grete turbacion. a1500 (?c1425) (1936) 158 (MED) When a man is baptized, he haþ rest in his sowle. 1548 T. Cooper (rev. ed.) Inquies,..care, vnquietnesse,..lacke of reste. c1550 T. Becon f. lxxi This peace is the quietnes of conscience, the reast of the mind, and the perfect consent and whole agrement among the faithfull in matters of thy holy religion. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 131 I most..willinglie, To do you rest, a thousand deaths would dye. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 193 Yet shall the Oracle Giue rest to th' mindes of others. View more context for this quotation 1782 F. Burney IV. viii. vii. 291 What continual disturbance..keeps me thus forever from rest! 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante III. xxviii. 100 The truth, wherein rest is For every mind. 1883 H. Drummond (1884) 361 Infallibility..gives rest; but it is the rest of stagnation. 1915 E. L. Kemp i. ii. 14 The mind finds rest and inspiration in the conception of the absolute. 2008 (Nexis) 29 Mar. d2 Our sinfulness doesn't change our world's exploding need for spiritual rest. the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] c1350 (1866) App. 266 (MED) Yef ye me wylleþ y-here, habbeþ amang you clom and reste. 1815 G. Shober tr. J. H. Jung-Stilling i. 1 Lord, what a solemn rest! Nowhere life and breath, no stirring, no motion. 1855 C. Kingsley xix Increasing the impression of vastness and of solemn rest, which was already overpowering. 1866 J. Ruskin 227 A gradual advance to lovelier order, and more calmly, yet more deeply, animated Rest. 1922 J. Joyce 186 Rest suddenly possessed the discreet vaulted cell, rest of warm and brooding air. 1959 E. F. Estabrook 33 That night..was always to be remembered for its perfect rest. How great was the silence. 4. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] eOE (Mercian) (1965) cxxxi. 15 (14) Haec [sc. Sion] requies mea in saeculum saeculi : ðeos rest min in weoruld weorulde. OE 134 Þa wæs feorðe wic, randwigena ræst, be þan readan sæ. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 12991 He þurrh haliȝ gast inn hemm Himm wollde takenn resste. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 105 Ach habbe up hire nest iset ase brid of heouene þet is hire reste. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 2412 Pharaon bad him wurðen wel In softe reste and seli mel, He and hise sunes in reste dede In lond gersen on sundri stede. a1382 (Douce 370) (1850) 2 Chron. vi. 41 Nowe thanne, Lord God, arijs in to thi rest, thou and the arke of thi strengthe. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 23091 (MED) Quen i was will and vte o rest, Godli toke yee me to gest. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 376 In hire was eueri vertu at his reste. a1500 in T. Wright (1861) II. 252 Luffe, luffe, where is thi reste? Of Englond I am oute keste, Thurgh sir Envye. a1500 ( (Egerton) (1953) v. ii. f. 89 (MED) This is Ierusalem..þe ende of thi iournay and the fynall reste of alle thi pilgrymage. 1572 (a1500) (1882) 59 I pray the, bring me to sum rest, the wedder is sa schill. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxvii. 19 in (1998) II. 103 Whole troupes of busy cares..Tooke vp their restlesse rest In sleepie sleeplesse eies. 1604 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 13 I entreat you both,..That you voutsafe your rest heere in our Court Some little time. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton x. 1085 Till we end In dust, our final rest and native home. View more context for this quotation 1722 S. B. Osborn 2 June (1930) 8 Jack, I think, knows when he is well off, for he has taken up his rest at Danbury. 1769 H. Brooke IV. xvii. 186 We took up our rest for the night, at a house that had no sign. 1847 C. Brontë I. vi. 103 It makes Eternity a rest—a mighty home, not a terror and an abyss. 1886 C. E. Pascoe (ed. 3) xx. 203 The ‘Royal Forest Hotel’ offers many attractions as a traveller's rest. 1902 July 677 No mosquito haunts with his singing and his stinging the ‘anglers' rest’ I write from. 1949 H. Wilcox 5 I..found my way up into a lost, sun-brimmed valley and made my home and my rest there for six happy moons. 2009 (Nexis) 31 Mar. 19 Only one travellers' rest ever made it into a Beatles song—the Amsterdam Hilton. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > landing 1611 R. Cotgrave Les reposoirs d'un escalier, the rests or landing places of a halfe-pace staire; euerie fift, or sixt &c step, much broader then the rest. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais liii. 234 The just number of twelve [steps being] betwixt every rest, or (as we now terme it) landing place. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville 125 A Half-Pace, or Rest of two Paces broad. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc I. vii. 130 The Rest or Landing-place of a Perron shou'd always be extended in Width as far as the Frontispiece. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > rest house 1866 F. Moore 434 In one of these trips of hospital visitation she found a collection of sick and convalescent soldiers at the ‘Rest’. 1892 13 May 5/4 It is the object of the League to provide them with a place in which to spend this off-time, and there are now five ‘Rests’ in London. 1899 3 May 5/5 These three Rests are, in a word, well-managed temperance clubs for Jack ashore. 1938 9 Nov. 11/2 It had institutes, hostels, and rests, providing hospitality, entertainment, and comfort in home and overseas ports. the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 106v Of meovinge comeþ hete kyndelich..and of reste comeþ coolnes. ?a1425 f. 88v (MED) Þen þe wounde schal be holdene longe in þis manere with boþe þe hondes in reste. c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville (Wellcome) f. 148v Holde þin hondis so stille longe tyme in quiet and reste, and þanne..bynde it as wel & sotilly as þou maist. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 97 Sey to þe see, ‘be in reste,’ & to þe norþen wynd, ‘blowe not’. 1597 R. Hooker v. lxx. 193 Rest is the ende of all motion. 1620 T. Granger 109 Rest is a priuation of moouing. a1676 M. Hale (1677) i. v. 114 Rest must needs be antecedent to his Motion. 1715 tr. D. Gregory I. i. §57. 115 The common Center of Gravity of them all does not change its state of Motion or Rest. 1769 W. Falconer at Slack-water The water apparently remains in a state of rest. 1869 J. Phillips vii. 180 About the usual angle of rest in loose materials. 1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §245 The meaning of the term Rest, in physical science, is essentially relative. Absolute rest is undefinable. 1914 L. Silberstein iv. 106 The mechanism of the clock has undergone no changes due to its passing from rest to motion. 1993 Jan. 33/1 The only disappointing aspect was its leisurely acceleration from rest which could cause problems when pulling out at junctions. 6. society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > rest sign society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > rests ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) 507 in (1967) 38 Fractyonis diuide at rest or clos compell. 1592 N. Breton cvi Lett all your restes be hopes of happynes, Which mercye's musicke in the soule requires. 1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc i. 20 Pauses well used in discourse make appeare, as rest in Musicke, what is the best and sweetest in it. 1658 J. Playford (new ed.) 21 Pauses or Rests are silent Characters, or an Artificial omission of the Voyce, proportionated to the Certain Measure of Time. 1752 C. Avison 117 If there are any Rests succeeding the Pause. 1795 W. Mason i. 13 In a musical movement we usually find various rests,..answering to commas in verbal punctuation. 1806 J. W. Callcott iv. 46 The Rests of the white Notes are made in the middle of the Staff. 1868 F. A. G. Ouseley i. 5 A dot after a note or rest makes it half as long again. 1926 A. Niles in W. C. Handy 8 The notes..which follow this rest, fill in the following break, and themselves are called ‘the break’, or ‘the jazz’. 1997 M. Metcalfe 20 The dot can be used with the crotchet rest when the whole beat is a rest. the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > pause 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in sig. U.j There are also certayne pauses or restes in a verse whiche may be called Ceasures. 1612 M. Drayton iv. 59 Observing yet in all Their Quantities, their Rests, their Ceasures metricall. a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 357 in (1640) III Two rests, a short, & long, th' Iambicke frame. 1728 E. Chambers at Cesure In the modern Poetry, Cesure is properly a Rest, form'd in the middle of long Verses. 1798 L. Murray (ed. 4) iv. i. 197 Pauses or rests, in speaking and reading, are a total cessation of the voice, during a perceptible..space of time. 1856 F. W. Newman in tr. Homer Pref. p. v Musicians tell us that all simple melodies are formed in eight bars..; our ‘Common Metre’ is the same, with merely ‘a rest’ at the end. 1898 C. A. Eggert in tr. J. Racine (new ed.) p. xvii When there are eight or more syllables, but less than twelve, in a line, there is a rest, called ‘caesura’, generally at the end of the fourth syllable. 1908 2 104 If the 4th spondaic is really a pronounced scansional rest, [etc.]. 2001 D. Keppel-Jones 225 That is not to say that a rest equivalent to a syllable is not possible. II. A thing on which something else rests. 7. the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports 1252 (P.R.O.: C 145/7/2) m. 2 Subscripta solebant pertinere ad firmam suam de dominicis boscis..minuta spina quam tarera scilicet Restnauegere non permittit se penetrare. 1431 Churchwarden's Accts. St. Michael's, Bath in (1879) 24 iii. 41 Et de xvjd solut. carpintario pro factura unius fenestre et factura le restys ad idem domum. 1520 in E. Beveridge (1917) 174 The said dene..sall big furtht his land..als hie as he ples and Villiem Cristisone sal rest in the sydwal of pane and first and ane sufficient rest to his ribbis in the sydwal..the said Villiem haffand na vthir aisiamentis. 1580 in J. Raine (1859) 117 For sawing of restes for planckes and lynnges for certaine old sparres, 3s. 4d. 1609 C. Butler v. sig. F4 Your hiue being fitted & dressed, you must haue also in a readines a Mantle, a Rest, and a brush... The rest is a three-square sticke eighteen inches long, & three inches thicke. 1617 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark (1886) I. 205 Seasoned board of oake layd uppon sufficient rests of oake tymber for the grounde floare. 1707 J. Mortimer (1721) I. 275 Having spread a Mantle on the Ground,..set a Pair of Rests, or two Supporters for the Hive. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc I. 135 Pedestals shou'd be continued so as to form Rests or Leaning-Places for the Windows. 1793 J. Dallaway vii. 413 The spear rest has the best claim to antiquity, if we allow it to have been the device of Robert Consul, of Glocester, in 1109. 1818 B. O'Reilly v. 121 The harpooner has his weapon ready in a dry place, to set it on a rest prepared for that purpose on the right bow of the boat. 1847 R. Hendrie tr. Theophilus 91 The painter traced his sketches, his hand raised and without using a rest. 1881 9 169 Rests, the arrangement at the top and bottom of a pit for supporting the shaft-cage while changing the tubs or cars. 1916 27 90 The subject sitting on a high stool with his forehead on a rest. 1940 Mar. 411/1 The carrying case of one movie camera becomes a camera rest while making movies. 1974 A. Alvarez (1977) ix. 72 The two robots in front dismounted stiffly and pulled their bikes up on to their rests, leaving the engines running. 2000 M. Abrams & J. Winters 118 The executioner invited him to stick his head on the wooden rest beneath the blade. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] > rests 1680 J. Moxon I. x. 180 The Rest is a square piece of Stuff... Its Office is to rest the Tool upon, that it may lie in a steddy position while the Workman uses it. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 70 382 In the turning of ovals, the top of the rest which supports the tool is always made to pass through..the two centers round which the oval engine turns. 1845 A. Mordecai i. ii. 75 The balls were turned by means of an accurate and simple circular rest adapted to a lathe. 1882 4 Mar. 138 The rest on which the tool is supported appears to be on the near side of the line of centres, a position that could scarcely be correct. 1909 33 63 Center rest problems on engine lathe. 2005 R. Peters 31 This allows you to make a continuous smooth cut instead of stopping frequently to reposition the rest. society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > parts of telephone 1883 T. D. Lockwood xxi. 313 The usual automatic switch, adapted to operate as a rest for the telephone. 1889 15 Feb. 94/2 Improvements in telephone apparatus to be designated as a telephone-receiver rest. 1922 8 97/2 Flash the Switchboard Telephonist into circuit by moving the Receiver rest up and down slowly until she answers. 1961 H. Schneider & N. Schneider iii. 26 In the exchange there is a huge electric battery. When you lift your telephone off its rest, a switch inside joins the two wires together. 1994 (Nexis) 25 July 19 My discreet private secretary—whose job it was to listen to telephone calls with other ministers—had left his receiver on its rest. the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > denture > rest 1905 48 504 On the posterior teeth an occlusal rest, forming part of the band will aid in preventing the band from being forced rootwise or otherwise displaced. 1924 D. D. Campbell ii. 125 The insertion of occlusion rests or immediate dentures within thirty minutes..after the teeth have been removed, contributes in a remarkable degree to the patient's confidence. 1976 Torres & Ehrlich xxvii. 815/2 A rest built into an onlay is designed to partially cover a tooth that needs to be built up to the height of the occlusion. 2003 J. F. McCord et al. iv. 45/1 The occlusal rest..is placed on the mesial side of the terminal abutment tooth. the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > hinges, hooks, etc. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) vii. iii. l. 78 Of rich citeis ȝettis, stapillis and restis, Gret lokkis, slottis, massy bandis sqwair. 9. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > rest or support 1546 in J. B. Paul (1911) IX. 36 For carage of certane hagbute restis, quhelis and bodyis of cutthrottis. 1590 J. Smythe 13 b That would permit their Mosquettiers to giue anie volees from their restes. 1622 F. Markham i. ix. 35 He shall have for his right hand a handsome Rest of Ash or other light wood, with an yron pike in the nether end, and an halfe hoope of yron aboue to lay the musquet in when hee rests it. a1662 P. Heylyn (1668) 492 Shouldering a Musket..in one hand, and a Rest in the other. 1703 W. Dampier ii. 60 Their two Slaves who carry the Hammock have each a strong well-made Staff, with a fine Iron Fork at the upper end, and a sharp Iron below, like the Rest for a Musket. 1775 T. Pickering Pref. 18 Each musketeer, as usual when going to fire, placed his musket on a prop, called his rest. 1806 R. Heber Jrnl. Apr. in A. Heber (1830) I. viii. 256 The foot-soldiers are chiefly armed with long Turkish guns, which are used with rests. 1833 J. Holland II. 92 The rest is still generally used in shooting with the duck gun. a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 753/1 Rest, a support for a gun in test firing. 1902 20 Mar. 3/1 The rests for the long-barrelled muskets disappeared just at the beginning of the war. 1969 J. Henderson v. 39 The musketeers levelled their heavy muskets on their long ‘rests’. 1990 Sept. 58/2 When assessing the accuracy potential of a magnum revolver, it is essential that you shoot from a solid rest. the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > rod > [noun] > support for rod 1726 154 A Rest, is a forked Piece of Stick with the forked End standing upright, and the other end fasten'd upon the Ground. It is called a Rest, because one Part of the Angler's Rod lies upon it. 1883 J. P. Wheeldon 66 The rod may be placed in the rest or on the bank so long as the line is fairly taut. 1905 P. Geen iii. i. 298 As I lowered the rod into its rest, the float cocked. 1949 W. G. Brown 12 I laid the rod on the rest. 2008 J. Bailey iii. 206/1 The rod wrenches in the rest, reel shrieking, line hissing to the dark water. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > rest 1849 E. R. Mardon (ed. 2) 250 Do not, when playing with the rest, place it too near the ball. 1868 ‘Capt. Crawley’ v. 59 The rest needs to be held tightly in the left hand. 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ 27 The rest is 4 feet 10 in. in length. It consists of a handle of wood with a cross or grooved piece, of ivory, boxwood, or brass, fixed on the head, to rest the cue in. 1901 C. D. Locock iv. 38 The modern player holds the end of the rest to the left of his cue. 1999 A. Kumar 18 Just as unpopular is the spider, a rest with a raised head which enables you to bridge at a distance over an intervening ball or balls near the cue ball. 2008 (Nexis) 22 Apr. 45 He potted 13 reds and blacks but missed the penultimate red with the rest. 10. the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports 1590 A. Prowse tr. J. Taffin iv. sig. E4v They beleeue that Christ is the sonne of God,..but yet they vnderstand not that he must die, and rise againe: wherein notwithstanding lieth the principall rest of our faith. 1641 J. Jackson iii. 190 Surely that is a very aery soule, whose chiefe rest and stay is not his Religion. 1869 W. B. Hayden ii. 45 The rock of continuous divine truth, which is the rest and support of the whole. 1890 D. E. Beach 283 He must see things clearly, must know them definitely, and be able to possess that certainty of conviction which is the rest and the joy of such a mind. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > other parts of cycles 1855 6 Oct. 217/1 There is a peculiar saddle used by women in Iceland,..allowing the feet to hang together on one side, where they are supported on a rest formed of wood. 1869 16 Jan. All [velocipedes] have either pedals or rests on which to place the feet. 1882 Dec. 215/2 The tricycle rider can coast wherever there is a slope, and I find that in many excursions I run with feet in rests nearly a third of the whole distance. 1897 29 596/2 Throwing my weary feet on the coasting rests, I started. 1913 M. P. Willcocks ii. x. 332 Flying down the hills on her bicycle, with feet on the rests and skirt fluttering behind her. 1969 Nov. 100/2 Sit on the bike with a foot on the rest. 2002 M. Palmer (2003) xi. 130 Keeping his feet off the rests and his legs out straight for balance, Matt weaved between trees. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > platform for harpooner 1883 (U.S. Commission Fish & Fisheries) 350 All vessels regularly engaged in this fishery are supplied with a special apparatus for the support of the harpooner as he stands on the bowsprit... The structure above described is usually called a ‘rest’, though not infrequently the ‘pulpit’. 2005 J. Waldman 72 Swordfish in those times [sc. the 19th cent.] were harpooned from the bowsprits of sailing vessels, the harpooner getting set in a brace called a rest or pulpit. Phrases P1. to go to (one's) rest. the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] eOE tr. Bede (Tanner) iii. i. 156 Þa he to reste eode... Þa wæs æt middre neahte, þa he wæccende wæs. OE Prose Charm: Celestial Letter (Calig. A.xv) in G. Storms (1948) 272 Sing þis ylce gebed on niht ær þu to þinum reste ga, þonne gescylt þe God wið unswefnum. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 14139 To reste [c1300 raste] eode þa sunne. c1300 (c1250) (Cambr.) (1966) l. 63 Floriz geȝ to his rest; On Blauncheflur he þoȝte mest. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 6317 Þat night yod moyses to rest. On-slepe he lai in þat forest. c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 94 Clothede was the flour & gon to reste Ffor derknese of the nyht. c1440 (a1400) (Thornton) 460 Whene the ryalle renke was gone to his ryste. 1535 D. Lindsay 3967 That beand done, I hauld it best That everie man ga to his rest. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay ii. xi. 46 Euery one had prepared himselfe too goe to his rest. 1606 Bp. J. Hall 72 Another..goes to his rest, not breaking an houres sleepe for that, which woulde breake the hart of some others. 1678 J. Bunyan 63 This done, they went to their rest again. View more context for this quotation 1748 S. Richardson VI. lxxiii. 260 Go to rest at ten at night. Rise not till seven in the morning. 1797 T. Holcroft VI. xi. 130 He took a gentle opiate at going to rest: but was waked in the middle of the night, by symptoms of a very alarming kind. 1848 2 13/2 The sun had been lang to rest before John thocht aboot steerin'. 1894 Feb. 590 He played it over a dozen times with the mute on his violin after she had gone to rest. 1944 L. Welsh 11 The yellow robin. One of the first birds in the bush to awaken and one of the last to go to rest. 1988 26 Sept. 13 It is not every afternoon I go to my rest a dull old woman and rise a potential monster. 1594 W. Shakespeare i. i. 133 Alarbus goes to rest and we suruiue, To tremble [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Adams f. 23 Woe to them that goe to their last rest thus. 1700 J. Dryden Char. Good Parson in 532 David left him, when he went to rest, His Lyre. 1782 J. Wesley 23 Dec. (1931) VII. 155 One of our Society here went to rest on Tuesday last, and another on Wednesday. 1855 C. Kingsley xxvii Long ere they were within sight of land, Lucy Passmore was gone to her rest beneath the Atlantic waves. 1888 28 Dec. 634/2 After five days of suffering, Maurice Norton Miller went to his rest, lamented by all who had ever known him. 1915 J. A. R. Marriott & C. G. Robertson i. 20 With..the earth around him black with storm Elector John Sigismund in 1619 went to his rest. 1978 G. Mitchell x. 107 By the time the doctor got here..everything was over and madam gone to her last rest. 2004 (Nexis) 30 July a13 I wish my parents could share this moment. They went to their rest in the last few years. the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 6492 Þeȝȝ tokenn nihhtess resste þær. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 1315 (MED) Rest þai token þat ich niȝt. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 94 Myn spirit..For-wery of myn labour al the day Tok reste that made me to slepe faste. 1490 W. Caxton tr. xxiv. 89 The tyme after the daye is paste and goon is couenable..for the bodyes humayn that haue traueylled, to take rest. 1535 Matt. xxvi. 45 Then came he to his disciples, and sayde vnto them: Slepe on now, and take youre rest. 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in sig. K But I which spend, the darke and dreadful night, In watch & ward, when those birds take their rest, Forpine my selfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 202 We two..will guard your person, While you take your rest, and watch your safety. View more context for this quotation 1628 R. Burton (ed. 3) ii. ii. v. 266 He that will intend to take his rest must goe to bed..with a secure and composed minde. 1748 T. Smollett I. viii. 55 As we run no risk, we might take our rest with great confidence. 1760 C. Johnstone II. ii. iii. 139 If we are to fight to-morrow we had better take our rest to-night, to make us fresh and strong for the battle. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in 102 Here will I take my rest After so many hours of toil and quest. 1898 J. Blewett 62 Tis said that Peter and the rest did sleep, Did sleep and take their rest that last night in Gethsemane. 1902 J. Payne I. 358 Down, to sleep and take my rest, I lay. 1981 S. Rushdie 373 Hey mister, why not—finish your writery and then take rest. 2007 (Nexis) 10 Nov. If Sir Thomas does not find the accommodation at this hotel satisfies him on his next visit, I can only recommend him to take his rest in the Headrow Gardens. the world > time > relative time > immediacy > immediately [phrase] c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1934) 22 (MED) Þe sunne reccheð hire rune wið-uten euch reste. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. 4774 (MED) So jangle thei withoute reste. 1590 E. Spenser iii. iv. sig. Ee8 So forth she rode without repose or rest, Searching all lands and each remotest part. 1651 E. Sherburne 167 The voice of God in Man! which, without rest Doth softly cry within a troubled Breast. 1712 R. Blackmore ii. 67 The bright Glutton revels without rest On his Cool Banquet, and Aerial Feast. 1761 J. Burgh 38 The soul of Ixion was tied upon a wheel, and whirled about without rest. 1872 H. Parr xxxii. 134 The swift reel of events runs on without rest or pause. 1893 R. L. Stevenson v. 51 His eyes speeding here and there without rest. 1916 F.J. Reynolds et al. viii. lvi. 326 It was determined that the Senate, on reassembling, should sit without rest, recess or intermission. 1961 S. Woolf tr. P. Levi ii. iv. 56 It fabricates phantasms and terrible symbols, and without rest projects and shapes their images. 2001 R. F. Murphy 102 This leaves one adrift in a lonely monologue, an inner soliloquy without rest or surcease. P4. the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Sunday a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 252 God sette ðis dai folk bitwen Dai of blisse and off reste ben. c1450 (c1415) in W. O. Ross (1940) 118 (MED) It is called a day of reste to refresche þin bodie with resonable reste. 1558 C. Goodman 171 God thy Lorde chargeth thee no further then onely with his daye of reste. 1636 P. Heylyn ii. 114 [That] the Lords day..should be a non-lee day, a day of rest and ease unto them. 1671 J. Milton 1297 This Idols day hath bin to thee no day of rest. 1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson 235 These Sabbatharians are so call'd because they will not remove the Day of Rest from Saturday to Sunday. 1738 J. Hildrop 8 They who are oblig'd to labour six Days in the Week..are indulged by this Commandment in having the seventh Day allowed them for a Day of Rest. 1816 J. Wilson i. i. 64 It is the Sabbath-day—the day of rest. 1863 W. G. Blaikie ii. 48 Will the six days of labour be none the lightsomer for the sunshine of the day of rest? 1915 24 June 775/3 The seventh day was set apart by God to commemorate the completion of creation and as a day of rest for the Jews. 2000 (Nexis) 30 Jan. [He] does not give interviews to Sunday newspapers because he believes they should not publish on the day of rest. P5. at rest. Cf. to set at rest at Phrases 6a. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 109 Henry is at is reste, his soule at Criste's wille. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 405 Lo how I vanysshe flessh & blood & skyn Allas whan shal my bones been at reste. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cxvj The soules of dead men were at quiet rest. 1611 Job iii. 13 For now..I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest . View more context for this quotation 1651 220 I have made use of nothing but authentick authority, or took up any passage on bare trust, neither with the least intention to injure the memory of him who is at rest. 1709 S. Centlivre i. i. 1 A Father at Rest with his Ancestors. 1786 R. Burns 165 Welcome the hour, my aged limbs Are laid with thee at rest! 1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville xii. 274 When years have glided down upon the stream of time, when you are laid at rest in your grave. 1889 86 Now, after more than thirty-one years of continuous service, one of them is at rest. The death of Dr. Isaac G. Bliss [etc.]. 1943 M. H. Harrison xxi. 197 On the table flickered two candles, the only light in the shabby room, where lay at rest at last the Captain of the Andes. 2007 (Nexis) 23 June 9 One would be fortunate to have one's father at rest in Cataraqui Cemetery surrounded by the memories of time and the beauty of nature. the world > action or operation > inaction > in a state of inactivity [phrase] the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > in a state of quietness and tranquillity [phrase] a1500 (a1450) tr. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 97 (MED) Eyen full holow..sheweth hym to be imprudent, wikked, vncertayn, and neuer at rest. 1535 Dan. iv. A I..beynge at rest in myne house,..sawe a dreame, which made me afrayed. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay iv. 49 Forasmuch as God is euermore dooing, he is euer at rest. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 11 What Sir, not yet at rest? the King's a bed. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxiv, in 11 Nor is Osiris seen..: Nor can he be at rest Within his sacred chest. 1764 S. Johnson 22 May (1992) I. 242 You will hardly be quite at rest till you have talked yourself out to some friend. 1782 F. Burney III. vi. iii. 243 Had her heart not interfered in this matter, she might now have been perfectly at rest. 1847 C. Brontë III. xi. 284 He sat in his chair,—still, but not at rest: expectant evidently. 1869 J. Phillips iii. 48 After this terrific disturbance Vesuvius has never been really at rest. 1912 K. Dunlap xviii. 314 If you sit beside a water-fall with your mind at rest, the purl of the water may continue vivid for hours. 1958 (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) xix. 240 It too causes violent pain, which often comes on while the patient is at rest. 1999 12 Apr. 95 How I was at rest then, enclosed in peace, obsessionless, and accepting a definition for once and for once happy. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes ii. viii. 83 Whatsoever is at Rest, will alwayes be at Rest, unless there be some other Body besides it, which by endeavouring to get into its Place by motion, suffers it no longer to remain at Rest. 1674 N. Fairfax 71 As if he should thrust it against some hard body at rest, of too stout a withstanding to yield way or give back. 1751 C. Colden iii. 90 If no motion were communicated to the æther from any other moving thing, the ball would remain at rest where it loses its projectile motion. 1774 M. Mackenzie 50 When the Plummet is at Rest, and both Stars are seen. 1839 G. Bird 99 General properties of fluids at rest. 1884 Aug. 115 The solicitations of Jupiter's attractive force are as urgent on a swiftly rushing body as on one at rest. 1920 12 1194/2 Below 15° the aerofoil remains at rest, but at high angles it auto-rotates. 1986 July 45/2 If..the ball has not fallen into the hole it is deemed to be at rest. 1994 May 14/2 Bodies in motion remain in motion, and those at rest stay at rest. 1825 Oct. 577 Either there is something to be learned in this art, or there is nothing. If there be nothing, the question is at rest. 1878 25 May 414/2 Of course the matter is at rest now. 1906 J. L. O. Croke iii. i. 104 The range and character of certain kinds of inference remain points on which discussion is not yet at rest. 2007 (Nexis) 17 Aug. I'm not prepared to say this matter is at rest. P6. the mind > emotion > calmness > be calm [phrase] > compose or make calm the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > judge, determine [verb (transitive)] > conclude the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] > make firm, establish a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 760 I myn herte sette at reste Vpon þis knyght. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) l. 1587 (MED) Forto sette ȝoure hertes mor at reste My purpoos is. 1530 J. Palsgrave 715/2 Set your herte at rest. 1562 E. Lewicke tr. G. Boccaccio sig. A.iii It is expedient,..to content Your selfe: and set your hart at rest. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 121 Set your heart at rest. The Faiery Land buies not the childe of mee. View more context for this quotation a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy (1647) iv. ii. 199 I see no cause we have to feare; set your minde therefore at rest. 1727 J. Mitchell 27 O'ercome your Passions, set your Mind at Rest. 1769 F. Brooke IV. ccvii. 132 I have this moment a letter from Temple which has set my heart at rest. 1826 R. Southey 286 It might have been thought that the question..had been set at rest. 1855 C. Kingsley viii But set your mind at rest. I know no more of that lady's mind than you do. 1884 21 May 4/7 The enormous majority..should set that question at rest. 1908 R. Bagot xvi. 188 His fears were set at rest by the receipt of the lawyer's missive. 1924 10 151 Only actual exhumation could set at rest the disconcerting rumours that..a corpse has revolved in its grave. 1990 A. L. Kennedy 5 I wanted to see..what would happen to us. Just to set my mind at rest. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) II. f. xxxii It was prorogyd unto the feest of Seynt Edwarde at the whiche season all thynge was put at reste for a wyle. 1617 i. 12 To craue that he would send out of himselfe that measure of peace, that may put thy conscience at rest, and restore thy soule to health. 1709 R. Steele Let. 25 Sept. in (1787) I. 80 I send this, to put thy tenderness at rest, and acquaint you, that Mr. Margate had been so friendly as to take effectual care before he saw me. a1758 J. Edwards (1789) xii. 186 They have reason to put their hearts at rest, and be at peace in their minds. 1795 R. Cumberland I. iii. i. 203 Some new and unforeseen reverse of fortune at the story's close, which is to put the tortured mind at rest. 1819 20 Nov. 191/2 The following remarks, from a Quebec paper,..will put these rumors at rest for the present. 1872 J. H. Matthews 391 Put her mind at rest if you can, or we shall be having headache and fever. 1919 T. W. Hughes ii. xxiii. 293 There are others..who would have perhaps escaped irretrievable ruin had not their confidence been secured, and their apprehensions put at rest, by a promise of marriage. 2009 2 Feb. 24/1 Anyone..can learn if they are at risk, and go armed to their GP to demand the blood tests that will put their minds at rest. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 350 The flemyng seith and lerne it if thee leste That litel Ianglyng causeth muchel reste. ?1465 A. Paston in (2004) I. 43 Ȝoure fadyr sayde, ‘In lityl bysynes lyeth myche reste.’ c1475 Prov. Wisdom (Rawl.) l. 128 in (1893) 90 247 (MED) Lytyll medlyng makyþe mych rest. 1546 J. Heywood ii. ii. sig. Gv For of lytle medlyng there comth great rest. ?a1603 E. Grymeston (1604) xiiii. sig. H4 In little medling lieth much rest. 1639 J. Clarke 62 Of little medling much rest. a1500 (?a1475) (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 6687 (MED) Also, so god geue yow reste, Fylle the cuppe of the beste. 1535 D. Lindsay 4628 I will..pray to God omnipotent, To send ȝow all gude rest. 1599 W. Shakespeare et al. (new ed.) sig. B8 Good night, good rest, ah neither be my share. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 33 One that thinkes a man alwaies going to bed, and saies, God giue you good rest . View more context for this quotation 1682 T. D'Urfey ii. i. 12 Now I wish your Honours good rest, with my unfeign'd thanks for this dayes favour. 1735 L. Theobald iii. 24 Ere Morning grows much older, I've strong hopes To find some Doubts resolv'd.—Good Rest t'ye Both. 1751 T. Smollett II. xlii. 26 He conducted her into her own apartment, in presence of her footman, who lighted them thither, and wishing her good rest, returned to his own chamber. 1830 G. W. P. Custis ii. vii. 32 Gentle sirs, good rest to ye, and many sweet dreamings of your lady loves. 1885 E. E. Montgomery 36 Good-night, good-rest, Dream happy dreams. 1904 S. F. Bullock ix. 170 Good rest to ye, sir. P9. to put to rest. 1492 tr. sig. cii Salomon wery of waking put hym self to reste. 1696 T. Dogget ii. ii. 15 If to Night I can but get her to use something that's prepar'd for her, it will put her kindly to rest, and make her clear another Woman by the Morning. 1799 III. x. 334 The child, who had sat up longer than his accustomed time of being put to rest, dropt in sleep upon his mother's knee. 1847 A. Combe (rev. ed.) xi. 96/1 No fixed hours can be named at which the infant should be put to rest. 1903 J. H. McCarthy xxv. 209 The first thing to be done was to settle the fugitives in the utmost comfort we could afford them. We put them to rest in one of our tents we had built. 2005 C. Tiffany vii. 67 Robert smiles weakly and nods towards the bedroom, where I am put to rest on the dusty mattress. 1502 tr. (de Worde) iv. xxi. sig. z.i v The bodyes sholde not be put to reste with the faythfull crysten men. 1711 I. Watts Conquest over Death in (1753) II. 145 The body is put to rest in the grave; the grave, which is sanctified into a bed of rest for all the followers of Christ. 1821 J. Baillie 283 He unblest was put to rest, On a wild and distant shore. 1919 3 141 When at last he laid down and died his fellow countrymen put him to rest in Westminster Abbey. 1991 R. Silverberg 114 Eventually to have his own fine tomb over there where his own splendiferous mummy would be put to rest. 1578 J. Rolland 240 Thairfoir gude freinds let put ȝour minde to rest. 1653 D. Dickson 244 Let the burden of it rest on God, and let us not take it off him again, but put our mind to rest. 1793 9 July 3/3 An imputation had been thrown upon the whole profession,..that added to his anxiety, to have the point finally put to rest. 1813 W. Scott Let. 20 Nov. in J. G. Lockhart (1838) II. 47 I did not answer your very kind letter, my dear Morritt, until I could put your friendly heart to rest upon the report you have heard. 1819 Apr. 214/2 All suspicions were put to rest, and simplicity and truth left to war with superstition alone. 1831 5 Sept. 386 If this be a correct translation, then the matter is forever put to rest. 1910 Jan. 206/2 Dolly soon put our minds to rest on that point. 1920 A. H. Tubby xiii. 164 This ingenious investigation put the matter to rest. 2008 Nov. 124/1 For a bad-news bear fears are put to rest only to hop out of the box later in a new guise. P10. to lay to rest. Frequently in passive.the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > assuage or calm > completely 1539 3 Kings i. 21 My Lorde the kyng is layde to rest with his fathers. 1634 G. Baker tr. A. Paré Apol. in T. Johnson tr. A. Paré xxix. 1166 The body was layd to rest in the Castle Galliard. a1750 A. Hill (1753) III. 106 Seiz'd, by death, and laid to rest, Abroad thy bounties flew. 1848 Jan. 42/2 I well remember the place where we made his grave, and laid him to rest, among his native mountains. 1888 J. W. Burgon II. 301 He directed that he should be laid to rest in the cemetery of Chester. 1908 Mar. 463/2 They dug a rude grave, and..laid him to rest. 1968 3 Jan. 23/2 No mention..of the devoted servants laid to rest separated from their autopsied entrails. 1995 4 Sept. 7/1 The fashionable Victorian conceit of being laid to rest above ground. 1605 M. Drayton sig. Gg2v The coast now cleere, suspition laide to rest, And each thing fit to further his intent. a1718 T. Parnell (1989) 168 But hold—I feel my Gout decrease, My Troubles laid to rest. 1855 C. Kingsley xxxi His fears, such as they were, were laid to rest. 1888 June 625 Some of your doubts may be laid to rest for ever. 1940 6 458 The vexatious North-South issues of the preceding generation had been laid to rest. 1995 1 Mar. (Porsche Suppl.) 24/2 With the Turbo, Porsche must have laid to rest forever the myth that rear-engined cars don't handle. P11. the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > constant worry [phrase] 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin (new ed.) Table sig. ★.iijv/2 There is no rest for the wicked in Death. 1723 R. Warren I. viii. 254 There is no Rest to the Wicked, no Freedom from the bitter Reproaches..of a guilty Breast. 1807 Nov. 348/1 He will soon find that there is no rest for the wicked, no place on earth wherein the criminal can hide his devoted head. 1851 G. Borrow III. x. 137 ‘Rest!’ said Peter; ‘there is no rest for the wicked!’ 1900 I. Zangwill (1901) xi. 114 But there is no rest for the wicked, or those who meddle in politics. 1935 N. Marsh & H. Jellett iv. 57 The throat specialist..remarked: ‘No rest for the wicked, nurse.’ 1965 T. Capote iv. 321 I wish you'd send me earplugs. Only they wouldn't allow me to have them. No rest for the wicked, I guess. 1999 Feb. 68/1 I'm spending Christmas in Ireland with my family and at New Year I'm doing the Alexandra Palace show with New Order. No rest for the wicked! 1627 J. Reading 157 If there be no rest for the abounding of sinne: if Gods spirit bee not there to comfort, what shall a man doe? 1796 R. Jephson v. i. 64 No rest for the unhappy! Sleep forsakes me. a1845 C. A. Jerauld (1850) 224 I have found, alas! that there is no rest for the guilty, no pang like that of remorse! 1898 11 Nov. 353/1 There is no rest for the—er—enterprising. 1919 J. Buchan xxi. 334 There was no rest for the weary. We had lost at least a third of our strength, and we had to man the same long line. 1964 28 Dec. 4/1 Even though people are still shaking tinsel from their hair, there's no rest for the reveler. 2006 T. Brooks (2007) xix. 254 No rest for the wicked, whispered Michael. No rest for the living, said his father. 1576 A. Golding tr. sig. Fvv He hoped that after the owtwearing of so manie toyles, he should now gette some rest. 1688 T. D'Urfey iv. i. 54 If you could win him but to take my Medicine, and get some Rest, my Life upon the Operation. 1737 (ed. 2) II. xviii. 291 Towards Morning he got some Rest, and then the Stupor was much abated. 1849 T. C. Haliburton I. ii. 30 Now let me get some rest, or I shall be unable to plead your cause for you, as I am excessively fatigued and very drowsy. 1894 G. W. Cable lxii. 374 She'll be sick herself if she doesn't hire a nurse and get some rest. 1935 7 May 2/2 Contrary to persistent reports that James was coming to Washington to work with his father in the White House, it became known yesterday that smiling ‘Jimmy’ wants to get some rest and outdoor life. 2003 A. Notaro v. 43 I won't give you any projects to work on tonight. Go home and get some rest and we start in earnest tomorrow at nine. 1586 L. Daneau i. sig. D8v It was deuised for man, to refresh his decayed strength and to reuiue his wearied sprightes, and also by this kind of rest and recreation to preserue his bodie in health and soundnes. 1645 J. Ussher 248 Though servants had never so much rest and recreation upon other dayes, yet they ought to rest upon this day [sc. the Sabbath] in that regard. 1701 R. Wake 39 Human Nature requires relaxations and intermissions in point of Duty. Nature demands 'em, as we may observe from its propensity to intervals of Rest and Recreation. 1850 Aug. 194/1 Rest and recreation, properly applied, will do much to counteract the destroying influences of spasmodic labour at unseasonable hours. 1906 6 598 When only one nurse is employed on a case she cannot secure a reasonable amount of rest and recreation. 1940 26 Apr. 2/5 Particular resorts are ready for early holidaymakers, ready to entertain them, give them rest and recreation, and the best of service. 2001 Sept. 14/1 He seldom emerged from his headquarters aerie except when he was vacationing at the inhabited island paradise that headquarters personnel used for rest and recreation. 1588 T. Churchyard sig. D3 v And bodie tost, and tumbled vp and downe, may come to rest. 1644 K. Digby i. ix. 75 (note) When a moueable cometh to rest, the motion doth decrease according to the rules of encrease. 1686 R. Boyle 147 If..you let fall a Ball upon the Ground, it will..make several lesser Rebounds, before it come to rest. 1796 11 Sept. 159/2 When it [sc. a compass needle] came to rest, it constantly affected one and the same angle of declination from its variation. 1850 Sept. 500/1 The balloon should be so managed as to come to rest at certain altitudes, when barometric..and other observations, were to be taken. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. I. 129 Playing a bowl so that it shall come to rest between the next player and the jack, or any bowl at which he may wish to aim. 1935 C. J. Smith (ed. 2) v. xli. 688 Replacing the magnet..by a brass plummet of about the same mass and allowing this to swing until it comes to rest. 1967 10/1 It would..almost come to rest without one's slipping the clutch. 2005 J. Fredston ix. 274 It is the dissipation of this heat when the avalanche comes to rest that causes the particles to fuse almost instantly. the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > freshness or vigour > restored 1598 W. Shakespeare iv. iii. 29 So are the horses of the enemie..bated and brought low, The better part of ours are full of rest . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. ii. 254 We lying still, Are full of rest, defence, and nimblenesse. View more context for this quotation 1668 R. Alleine 15 Hast thou not had thy belly full of meat, and thy belly full of mirth, and thy bones full of rest, and thy heart full of ease and content? 1841 T. J. Serle II. xxi. 320 Perhaps it is not with wearied men that we should assail the enemy, full of rest as they are. 1886 A. E. H. Barr i. 17 Sarah, also, was full of rest and confidence, and as she went about her common household tasks, Steve heard her cheerfully singing. 1915 S. Phillips Quest of Haidee viii. in 139 He at length Restored and full of rest would leave her side. 1945 C. H. Garrigues Let. 20 Sept. in G. Garrigues (2006) 285 I feel in a mood to write a long letter this morning—being full of rest, bacon, eggs, toast, gruel, orange juice, coffee and contentment. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cease from thinking or talking about 1870 19 Mar. 4/1 Find him, get him to put them through, and then—give us a rest. 1881 ‘M. Twain’ in Nov. 37 They ring out, ‘Oh, dry up!’ ‘Give us a rest!’..‘Oh, take a walk!’ 1919 5 66 Stop his mush and give us a rest. 1931 E. O'Neill Hunted ii, in (1932) 137 Give it a rest, Orin! It's over. Give yourself a chance to forget it. 1943 J. B. Priestley xxix. 226 I'm a bit tired of hearing about him today. So let's give him a rest. 1966 R. Rendell ii. 31 Could we give Nesta Drage a rest?.. I was glad when she went away. 1971 R. Rendell i. 9 ‘All right Mother,’ said Vera. ‘Let's give it a rest, shall we?’ 2004 M. Hickey 29/1 Holy God, give it a rest. You're always giving out about something. Compounds C1. a. (In senses 2, 3.) 1892 (Royal Soc.) B. 182 566 The jerking movements become continuous.., that is to say.., they do not show any lasting intermission or rest pauses. 1926 II. 454/1 An important innovation..has been the introduction of short rests, in the middle of a working period, of about 10 or 15 min. duration. These regular breaks are technically known as rest pauses. 1998 51 348 The body required many rest pauses to operate effectively. 1843 Mar. 114 The year should be divided into natural periods: one of these is obviously the rest period. 1922 XXXI. 699/2 In spite of the considerable development of maximum hour regulation in the United States, not much attention has been paid to the question of legal rest periods. 1954 J. A. C. Brown iii. 74 The introduction of rest-periods which amounted to two ten-minute breaks in the morning and two in the afternoon. 2005 12 Apr. f3/3 If you're not pressed for time at the gym, kick back during your rest period. 1895 June 170 (heading) Rest therapy in gynæcology. 1949 15 July 24/1 Many people keep their vitality..by regularly practising Rest-therapy. 2001 32 250 The growing realization that open-air rest therapy was a questionable medical treatment, if not an outright ineffective one. b. In the sense ‘which acts as or includes a rest’ (see sense 7). 1252Restnauegere [see sense 7a]. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. iiii A pyn nawger, a rest nawger. 1669 J. Blagrave 8 The Husbandman must have an Ax, a Hatchet, a Hedging-bill, a Pin-auger, a Rest-auger, a Hail, Spade, and a Shovel. 1833 J. Holland II. 145 The chain is fastened on one side to a part of the rest-carriage.., which descends and occupies the space between the sides of the frame. 1893 (Bement, Miles & Co.) 33 Swings 43 inches over bed and 36 inches over rest carriage. 2006 May 50/1 The side carriage or pull-cord may be packed separate from the rest carriage and you'll have to put them together. 1856 7 Apr. 7/4 (advt.) Geared Turning Lathe, with Socket Rest Holder, Face Plate, Driving Chuck, Top Driving Cone, &c.] 1856 12 Sept. 4/5 (advt.) A heavy Lathe, with headstocks, 14 feet metal frame, fit up with back gearing, rest-holders, a great number of rests, [etc.]. 1881 F. Young §553. 258 The little piece S is the rest-holder. 1996 Feb. 78 The rest holder is long enough to make use of the lathe's full 16-in. swing. 1834 1 288 Fig. 1, being the iron plate or rest-plate, running from side to side of the piano-forte. 1916 12 Aug. 110/2 The machine should be covered and a space left open over the rest plate so the cane may be easily held against the saw. 1992 67 1336/1 The monkeys were trained to keep their right forearms on a rest plate at waist level. 1446 in J. Raine (1835) I. 95 J restwymbyll. 1465 in J. Raine (1837) p. ccxcix (MED) j rest womyll, ij plewys..j restwemyll, ij wodaxis. 1567 in P. A. Kennedy (1963) 115 3 sythys a shepbrande 2 rest wembelles a rangstafe wemble [etc.]. c. Forming adjectives. 1852 J. Fletcher i. xii. 66 Welcome as the rest-giving witness of a covenant. 1928 M. Beerbohm (1964) 270 A solid and..rest-giving figure in the midst of that wild vortex. 2004 D. A. deSilva vi. 265 Jesus is..promising that it is a rest-giving rather than a wearying way. 1603 J. Davies 39 Be'ng rest-refresht therefore, now forwards run With bright Apollo. 1808 J. Fitchett vii. 304 The earliest stars, that to rest-seeking men..tell th' approaching steps of night. 1847 C. Brontë II. v. 136 The wandering and sinful, but now rest-seeking and repentant man. 2005 K. Dychtwald & D. J. Kadlec i. 9 One [swimming pool] was designated as a quiet zone for rest-seeking grown-ups. C2. a. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > lay-by 1916 18 Mar. 3/1 Japanese lanterns gave a soft glow to the rest areas under the balconies. 1919 W. H. Downing 41 Rest area, a district to which battalions, on leaving the danger zone, marched by long stages once a year for the purpose of polishing their brass work. a1944 K. Douglas (1946) 18 Here we halted, having left the heavy squadrons of Shermans and Grants still in our rest area. 1976 G. V. Higgins ix. 86 The youth..stopped in a rest area..so that the subject could relieve himself. 1993 27 Jan. a6/1 A Massachusetts couple was robbed and their car was stolen at gunpoint from a rest area off Interstate 95 Tuesday. 1915 25 Mar. 7/6 I recommend that troops in rest billets should be given stirring history lessons. 1925 R. Graves 29 And back in rest-billets The Colonel congratulates ‘B’ Company on its kits. 1954 W. Faulkner 128 The nine others..had been spending their leaves and furloughs..among the combat-troop rest-billets. 2000 A. Palazzo iii. 93 His orders included the extensive use of raids, the bombardment of rest billets, and the discharge of gas. 1849 73 I have determined to undertake it with a very early start, as they say there is good grass for the rest camps. 1919 29 Mar. 44 A trench-mortar shell hit so close..that I was completely buried and for a moment or two thought I was going to a rest camp (cemetery). 1971 27 Mar. 23/3 Incidentally, all Natal Parks Board rest camps are fully booked in the Easter holidays. 1997 B. A. Watson iv. 57 The rest camps were bitter places, many as unappealing as sectors of the front. 1900 10 Oct. 6/3 (heading) A Rest Center. 1940 5 Oct. 422/1 When their roof has gone the family seek refuge, and they find it in temporary rest centres run by the Public Assistance Department. 1976 6 Dec. 8/4 Rest centres were made ready on the outskirts of all ‘target’ areas, like Merseyside, to house the virtual refugees. 2004 A. Levy xxvi. 277 I took that poor bombed-out family to a rest centre. 1860 R. M. S. Jackson 517 Add to this list the ‘grape cure’.., the ‘beer cure,’ the ‘rest cure’. 1892 S. Hale 28 Apr. (1919) 272 She is at a rest-cure. 1959 T. S. Eliot i. 25 Now's the time to take a long holiday, Let's say a rest cure. 1999 R. Deakin (2000) xiv. 169 I dragged myself up to friends in Dorset for a rest cure in a hammock in a hilltop orchard. the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > fallow land 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens 248 The second kinde groweth in this countrie in rest-fieldes. the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [noun] > frame of reference for given body 1833 J. Holland II. 145 The chain operates upon the rest-frame, to which it is attached. 1866 14 July 42/2 The combination of the rest-frame.., or its equivalent, with the mechanism or combination..for operating the harness-carriers. 1920 6th Ser. 40 47 The special value of (Tα′) for that rest-frame to which relativity concedes unique prominence. 2004 11 Mar. 142/1 To set the scale, the W boson ‘lives’ for about 3×10−25 seconds, in its own rest frame, before decaying. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > for wear at home 1893 9 June 5/1 A Rest Gown. ‘Take an outing-flannel loose gown with you to the fair,’ counsels a woman who has just returned from Chicago. ‘It will serve you on the sleeping car going and coming, and will be invaluable to rest in.’ 1901 24 July 2/2 A remarkably good rest gown, and a comfort for these hot days. 1915 20 Nov. 326/1 Evening dress..has ceased to exist, its place being taken by smart little demi-toilettes for restaurant and theatre wear, and rest-gowns that are really restful for home wear. 1948 18 Nov. 1/3 (advt.) For sale, new black Kimono Rest Gown, beautifully embroidered, rose silk lining. the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > nursing home society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > summer house or holiday house 1889 72 This money is to be devoted to the Rest Home in Brindaban, to be called the Ocean Grove Rest Home. 1925 6 July 6/7 The organization of rest homes, where workers may spend their vacation, is a unique development. 2000 7 Feb. ii. 3/2 The idea of various Morses, Bergeracs and Columbos coming out of their rest homes to lock up the bulb-burglars in green and pleasant parts is a fantasy. the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer 1542 A. Borde ix. sig. E.iiiv Two meales a daye is suffycyent for a rest man, and a labourer maye eate thre tymes a day. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. iii. 85 Knowing th' vse a-right Of Worke-fit Day, and rest-ordained Night. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [noun] > conditions or positions of 1865 6 542 The posterior line of the plate does not fit to the posterior palatine arch or roof of the mouth when the parts are normal in rest position. 1924 T. Goodhugh iii. 55 Ask the patient to close, thus registering the proper rest position. 2003 H. W. Makofsky xvi. 119/1 With regard to the mandible and the temporomandibular joints, the rest position is critical. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > lay-by 1930 July 57/3 At rest stops, where we halt for ten or fifteen minutes for refreshments, they get further acquainted. 1973 14 Oct. (Parade Suppl.) 16/3 A truck driver napped at a rest stop. 2002 27 Oct. 1/1 The agents rushed the blue Chevrolet Caprice parked in a highway rest stop in rural Maryland. 1852 E. Emmons 16 They reject the rest system as a means to this end [sc. the renovation of the field]. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. VIII. 415 The rest system of treatment of recent cases of insanity. 1910 June 302/1 If..claim is made as to the phenomenal gains under the rest system I would refer to our weight tables. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > shaking or trembling 1890 11 485 These abnormal rest-tremors may be due to weakness inherent or acquired of the inhibitory apparatus. 1967 6 122 There is a great similarity between rest tremor produced by tremorine and rest tremor in human pathology. 2005 N. Sharma & E. Richman i. 14 The rest tremor of Parkinson's disease typically begins in a hand or foot and is intermittent. b. (In sense 5.) the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > specific types of energy 1925 6 Mar. 263/2 Let E0 be the rest-energy of the atom. 1962 H. D. Bush ii. 54 Since the rest mass is m0, the rest energy is considered to be m0c2. 2000 J. McFall tr. K. Wille i. 3 Each particle has a mass me = 9.108 x 10-31 kg, corresponding to a rest energy of E0 = 511 keV. the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > level of 1846 23 May 334/2 The deepest well..at the end of the ten hours, is not lowered more than five feet under the rest level. 1918 23 8837/2 The rest level of the water on the completion of the boring stood at 40 ft. from the surface. 2002 L. P. Thomas 220/1 Where an aquifer is overlain by impermeable rocks..the rest level of the water would normally be well above the base of the impermeable layer. 1914 L. Silberstein vii. 193 The coefficient m is called the rest-mass of the particle. 1979 127 577/2 Nuclear fusion can convert 0·7 per cent of the rest mass of the hydrogen core into energy. 2006 P. C. W. Davies (2008) ii. 32 A photon is said to have zero rest mass, but it can never be at rest. Derivatives c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 5329 (MED) Þoo was þe folk to rest ward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). restn.2 Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: arrest n.1 Etymology: Aphetic < arrest n.1 Compare rest v.2With sense 2 compare Catalan rest (1421), Spanish ristre (15th cent.), Portuguese reste (15th cent.), riste (a1635; also ristre (a1666)), Italian resta (second half of the 14th cent.). It is uncertain whether these forms show derivatives from the verbs cited at rest v.2; it is possible that they are etymologically unrelated. Perhaps compare also post-classical Latin restum judgement, decree (1322). 1. society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey > the action of stopping a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 353 Þey dryueþ hir hors wiþ a..ȝerde..instede of barnacles and of britels of reest. c1480 (a1400) St. Adrian l. 652 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 290 Fra scho wiste, yddir scho sped but ony riste. a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis l. 1416 in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 45 On þe morne withoutin rest..To kirk scho went. 1535 D. Lindsay 1506 Now I will rin, but rest, And tell that all is ready. 1571 (Lekprevik) viii. 356 The folk fled on this maner Withouttin rest [1489 Adv. For-owt arest]. 1655 Kirk-session Rec. 15 Apr. in (1891) July John Clerk..is found to trouble the kirk in tyme of divine service and being 3 tymes admonished be the minister to take rest he wold not obey. a1817 J. Austen (1818) I. ix. 131 He will, most likely, give a plunge or two, and perhaps take the rest for a minute. View more context for this quotation 1871 17 June He saw Wat Ainslie belabouring an unfortunate donkey which had apparently taken the reist. 1876 F. K. Robinson 153/2 ‘He teuk reist’, a fit of stubbornness. 1880 G. Fraser 100 Aifter mony a reist the puir, dowie, auld beast, Wi' the whup aft reminded, wad dae as 'twas gairr't. 1923 G. Watson 251 Ti take the reist, 1. Of a horse: To become restive, and refuse to go forward. 2. Of persons: To stop short and refuse to proceed with any business, affair, etc. 1953 M. Traynor 230/2 He tuk the reest in the cart the other day. society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > means of stopping or checking a horse a1529 J. Skelton (?1530) sig. Aiii It were a myschefe yf lyberte lacked a reyne. Where with to rule hym with the wrythyng of a rest. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [noun] > obstruction or constriction 1571 in (1855) III. 125 A deflux..quhilk maid me to have sore teith, and a gryit havines in my body, with a reast and constipation. a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in (2000) 146 The rottin roup, þe auld rest. 2. society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > leather corselet or cuirass > part on cuirass to receive lance-butt society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > lance > rest for lance α. 1391 in L. T. Smith (1894) 92 (MED) Pro j rest pro domino, vij scot. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) 2178 He..cast his spere manly in the reste. a1486 ( Challenge Masse in (1900) 57 36 We tweyne schal be armyd a pon horsbak in harnes double wt ouȝte ony schilde & reste of a vauntage. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 1012 in W. C. Hazlitt (1864) I. 258 Into the reste he threwe hys speare. 1540 in J. B. Paul (1907) VII. 287 Gevin to the Frenche armorar for..iiij. restis to the justing sadills. 1603 R. Knolles 517 The Turkish horsemen,..couching their staues in their rests. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil 597 This gripes the Lance; and with such Vigour shakes, That to the Rest the beamy Weapon quakes. 1729 J. Harvey iii. 214 The hardy Champion forth, disdainful, rode, And in his Rest a Lance, enormous, stood. 1755 23 A compleat Suit of Titling-armour,..with the Tilting-lance, Rest for the Tilting-lance, Grand Guard, and the Slits before the Eye thro' which they took Sight. 1815 W. Scott vi. xxii. 253 Each ready lance is in the rest. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in 87 A knight.., who laid his lance In rest, and made as if to fall upon him. 1906 J. R. Parke i. 24 He learned to..tilt against a rival..with lance in rest, and to shout Ma Dame et Man Dieu! as he entered the combat, with his lady's glove on his lance. 2000 S. Anglo viii. 244 The knight..must ensure that he keeps his fist well forward, turning his hand inwards... This will make it easier to place the lance in the rest. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 37, in at Rest n.3 Nan bure the mollet in his spur bot he war noble bot bure a litill pickand that had a reste in the end of the spur. 1611 R. Cotgrave Garde-serre, the rest of the locke of a Harguebuse. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of weapons or armour > [noun] > lance-rest a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Cornw. 210 What usually are termed therein Rests, being the Handles of Spears; (most honourable in Tilting to break them nearest thereunto,) are called by some Criticks, Surflewes. 1727 R. Bradley (Dublin ed.) at Clarion Guillim takes these Clarions to be a Kind of old-fashion Trumpet; but others think they rather represent the Rudder of a Ship, or, as some say, the Rest for a Lance. 1849 J. R. Planché in 4 349 On the charge in heraldry, called a ‘rest’, or ‘clarion’. 1869 J. E. Cussans (rev. ed.) viii. 111 Rest, Clarion, Claricord, or Sufflue, various opinions have been given by Armorists as to the origin of this charge. 1958–9 5 230 [He] refers to ‘Jubal..inventor of the harp and the organ’, yet calls the charge a rest. the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 3515 (MED) J fynde Of Permenyon and of his kynde, Þat þorouȝ her noble rest [a1425 Linc. Inn geste] Þe kynges dedes weren honest. ?c1450 (1891) 4975 (MED) When morne come, fast þai prest To þe batell, of a reest To take þe chaunce myght fall. society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt c1500 Barounis Lawis f. 4v, in (at cited word) Than aw the seriand to ga with witnes to his hous and his gudis..& tharof to mak ane reist and defence. 1509 S. Hawes (1928) xl. 204 I obeyed his reest there was no remedy. a1525 58 It is ordenyd þat noo Constable within the Cite take no syluer for no rest þei make by way off þer office, oþerwais þen þe Law wyll. c1573 in J. Raine (1845) 258 The reast that one Toppyn had maid of the Egiptiens goods. 1587 A. Fleming et al. (new ed.) III. 916/1 What authoritie haue you to arrest me?.. I will not obeie your rest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). restn.3Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rest. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman rest, Anglo-Norman and Middle French reste (French reste (masculine; the word varied in gender in Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French)) that which remains or is left over (c1230 in Old French), sum of money remaining to be paid (1324), (in mathematics) remainder (1484) < rester rest v.3 Compare post-classical Latin resta , restum (frequently from 13th cent. in British (esp. Scottish) sources; frequently from 14th cent. in continental sources), and also Old Occitan resta (14th cent.), Catalan resta (a1388), Spanish resto (1574), Portuguese resto (1567), Italian resto (first half of the 14th cent.). Compare also Middle Dutch reste , rest (Dutch rest ), Middle Low German reste , rest , rist , riste , German Rest , Swedish rest , Danish rest . Compare rest v.3In senses 5 and Phrases 2b after Italian resto (1524, in the passage translated in quot. 1573 at Phrases 2b, or earlier in this sense). With sense 6 perhaps compare French reste (in donner le reste (à quelqu'un) (in various racket or hand sports) to hit the ball in such a way that it cannot be returned (1690)). In sense 7 after German Rest (1850 or earlier in this sense). 1. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. 603 Thus bokis twelue anende, and oon is rest. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier sig. ij The reste thenne is thys, that thou shalt haue labour wythoute fruyt. c1610 in J. Gutch (1781) II. 13 That every barrel of good Ale hold and contain xv gallons, xiiij gallons of clear Ale, and one gallon for the rest. a1652 R. Brome (1657) i. ii. sig. B 4/2 The Queen had done me favour..To make my rest of life all holidayes. 1720 H. Carey (ed. 2) 88 Here let me then forget the Noisy Town, My rest of Life with solid Pleasures crown. 1798 H. Brand Conflict iv. vii, in 220 Grant me leave, to spend in solitude, My rest of days. 1840 G. Darley ii. v. 39 I 'm sick of..the world, And gladly could groan out my rest of life Upon the dust this moment. 1906 F. Claiborne 25 For the joys thou gavest me always, And for the rapture of my rest of days, [etc.]. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains ?a1475 (1882) 26 Tak restes of motton choped and put them in a faire pot. 1531–2 in H. M. Paton (1957) I. 74 Quhilk inlaik beand tane of restis in clene maid werk and resavit be me in wecht..to the thekin forsaid im lvi stanis viii pund. 1561 in T. Thomson (1815) 159 Ane rest of columbe taffeteis contening nyne ellis. 1580 Edinb. Test. VII. f. 353, in (at cited word) Certane restis of saip in tua half barrellis. 1669 T. Gale 93 The best remedie to extirpate the restes of this contagious Maladie. 1677 T. Gale iii. 199 They endeavored to gather up the least pieces, if the rage of persecutors had left any restes or reliques. 1693 124 Thou hast too, yet, I hope, a Rest of Reputation. a1694 A. Balfour (1700) 54 Its a Town of Roman antiquity, of which there are yet some rests to be seen, as aqueducts, &c. 1742 F. Blyth II. 205 The wither'd Remains of your Hearts, the rotted Rests of impotent Old-Age or Infirmity. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. IV. 527 Others..may with probability be regarded like suprarenal ‘rests’ as isolated and outlying fragments of the mesoblastic tissues. 1908 Mar. 137 After filtration, all the rests of beer in the filter and in the hose are run into the tank; eventually, also the remainder from the storage casks. the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > result of > remainder 1608 R. Norton tr. S. Stevin sig. A4v If, from things equall, equall things bee substracted, their rests shall be equal. 1636 J. Mellis 63 Therefore in the place of the rest or remaine, right vnder the denomination, I set down 0. 1678 J. Hawkins v. 47 Subtraction is that by which one number is taken out of another number, given to the end that the residue, or remainder may be known, which remainder is also called the rest or difference of the numbers given. 1995 S. Feferman et al. tr. K.Gödel in III. 172 It is easily seen that [the] function defined here, the smallest possible rest [remainder] of b modulo 1 + cx, will do the job. 2. society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt > arrears 1447 in J. D. Marwick (1871) 68 As..Edynburgh has fullely paiit..ws for the hale rest of the twa yheris finance. 1488–91 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 168 The comptare chargis him with this rest. 1523–4 in H. Littlehales (1905) 325 There Remayneth in ther box with the Rest of this Acompte..iij li. viij s. 1549 in W. Cramond (1903) I. 99 Souerte for the restis and malis. 1581–2 III. 458 For satisfeing and outredding thairof, be the restis to be gottin in and utherwyse. 1666 in (1935) I. 116 Twa punds money as rest of fyve punds money promeist be the said Robert to him betuix the niffer of ane kow and bull. 1699 in H. Armet (1962) XII. 251 The thesaurers accompts are but usually audited once in three or four years tyme whereby their rests are not dewly discovered. 1747 12 He took a Decreet of the Baron Baillie for payment of these Rests. 1778 W. Leechman 6 The Protester..calls on the Pursuer..to produce from the books of accompts..any one instance where such a sum is stated as Rests due to the College. society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book > difference between sides > specific 1670 J. Smith iv. 146 This last Summ, rest in Cash, is so much gained by planting a thousand Acres of Land with Sets or Plants for Under-wood, and Wheat sowed on the Land. 1696 N. Barbon 50 The rest, which is the Balance, should be paid in Bullion. ?1735 G. Fisher (new ed.) 211 Even the Account of Profit and Loss, and bear the Nett Rest to Stock or Capital, as an Advance to your Stock or Capital. 1744 G. Horseman I. 388 Upon the finishing of every such Account the said Parties shall write and enter, or cause the true Particulars of every such Account, and the Rest or Balance, thereof to be written and entered in two several Books. 1825 C. Butler 154 It may not be improper to make what, in mercantile transactions, is termed a rest; and thus show, as it were on a balance sheet, which side..has the preponderance. 1856 J. W. Gilbart (ed. 6) 258 Amount of Cash-Book last night. (This is usually called the Rest.) 1876 39 510 For a given year, d = k − g − r, where r is the rest or balance carried over to the reserve. ?1889 W. Waterston 286/2 Rest, a term applied both to the period of stock-taking and balancing of a merchant, and to the balance of undivided profit at that period. 1959 P. Mathias ii. xv. 527 The debts owed by Trumans..at the time of their summer rest showed similar fluctuations. 1989 Jan. 71/3 Interest is added at quarterly rests. society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > reserve fund of bank society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of a corporation or institution > surplus funds of a bank 1833 P. Pebrer ii. 274 (table) Rest or Surplus brought down 2,637,760. Bank capital due to proprietors 14,553,000. 1847 J. Francis I. ix. 147 A reserve fund, which, under the name of rest, has increased with the business of the house. 1858 J. Martineau 352 Life, indeed, is just the one thing—the reserved capital, the rest, the ultimate security. 1895 6 Sept. 6/1 This amount will..still leave the ‘Rest’ above three millions, below which it is never allowed to fall. 1922 J. C. Hopkins 40 His Report, when received, was stated to show that the Bank's Rest or Reserve Fund was ‘seriously impaired’. 3. With the. With plural agreement. The people, animals, or things that remain after the main body has been accounted for; the others. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1894) I. lf. 39v The reste of their peple were so feble and so dispersid by the feldes, that they myght neuer aryse agayn. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. f. ccxviv/1 They retourned agayne to their lodgyng, wher they founde the rest of their men. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. ccxviv The same iudgement hath he also of the rest of the ministers of the churche. 1611 Neh. xi. 1 The rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of tenne, to dwell in Ierusalem. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes ii. xxvi. 137 To distinguish it from the rest of their own Civill Lawes. 1732 G. Berkeley II. vi. i. 2 The rest of us went to Church. a1771 T. Gray Satire in (1884) I. 135 The Master of John's Like the rest of the Dons. 1838–9 F. A. Kemble (1863) 28 The rest of the four and twenty hours were allowed to the labourer to employ as he pleased. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato I. 285 Like the rest of the world, I am in doubt. 1936 R. Riskin Mr. Deeds goes to Town in (1997) 430 Longfellow. Cobb! Get lunch for the rest of them. Cobb. What? There must be 2000 of them out there. 1973 W. Elmer iii. 78 The salmon coble..differs in structure from the rest of the cobles. 2008 T. R. Smith 313 It was late and the rest of her family were in the kitchen, preparing uzhin. ?1518 sig. B.i Whan he ordeyned & set in order all the rest he toke his leue & departed fro Tolenten towarde Rome. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. f. cccxv/2 Your men do leaue you & flye awaye, ye haue loste the one halfe, and all the rest are sore abasshed. 1535 D. Lindsay 1458 Ladie Sensualitie Sen syne hes gydit this cuntrie, And monie of the rest. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. lxij The Byshop of Rome with al the reste, stampe and stare at it. 1613 S. Purchas viii. iii. 739 They leapt off the Rockes into the Sea... The rest fled. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius 325 The rest were consumed either by Poverty or Diseases. 1672 J. Dryden i. i. i. 3 One Bull, with curld black head beyond the rest. 1711 J. Addison No. 44. ¶8 Some of which [inventions] I could wish entirely rejected, and the rest to be used with Caution. 1772 W. Jones 18 A lovely stripling step'd before the rest. 1844 B. Disraeli I. iii. iii. 289 The Duchess would drive over... The rest were to ride. 1870 F. M. Müller (1873) 141 They represent each deity as independent of all the rest. 1936 Oct. 115/2 The rest were sunk in debt to mortgagers and fancy finance companies. 1956 Dec. 51/2 Of these 200 hospitals less than 100 are not-for-profit institutions. All the rest are in the ‘for profit’ category. 2004 C. Lee x. 294 Still, some chump's got to represent , and be punching bag for the rest. 4. With the. With singular agreement. The remaining part of something. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest > of something specified or implied a1516 H. Medwall i. sig. a.viv As far as he will me grace ther to send, The rest of my lif ther in will I spend. ?1521 J. Fisher sig. D.iijv To this the rest of ye gospell yt enseweth dothe answere clerly. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cxxxix They passed away the rest of the wynter there. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay ii. xi. 45 b The rest of the promontory is ful of ruines. 1617 F. Moryson i. 33 While I liued here the rest of this summer, I made a iourney of pleasure. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Sept. (1965) I. 444 I pray God I may think so for the rest of my Life. 1774 O. Goldsmith III. 220 The hair about the neck..is not different from that on the rest of the body. 1824 R. Crabb 142 He became well in his health; but he remained quite a fool for the rest of his life! 1861 M. Pattison in Apr. 404 When England, in common with the rest of Europe, was Catholic. 1937 90 296 [The sledge runner] was successfully spliced however and the repair lasted for the rest of the journey. 1962 13 Nov. 17/2 We were going to punt them around and try and find a buyer for the rest of the stuff. 2000 R. J. Evans vii. 93 Philip threw the rest of his pint down his neck. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest > of something specified or implied ?1518 A. Barclay sig. C.vi v The rest to declare, yf ought remayne behynde. 1528 W. Tyndale f. lxix The prest when he goeth to masse disgiseth him selfe with a great parte of the passion of Christe and pleyeth out the rest vnder silence with signes and profers. 1590 E. Spenser i. ii. sig. B5v Therewith vpon his crest With rigor so outrageous he smitt, That a large share it hewd out of the rest. 1602 Prol. 65 Conceiue of this and guesse of all the rest. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius 123 The present necessity forced the United Dutch to rest satisfied onely with words, and only to hope for the rest. 1721 J. Strype I. xli. 315 The judgments of which two last are excepted out of the rest and printed in the History of the Reformation. a1771 T. Gray Epit. Sir W. Williams in (1775) 62 Gallant youth! this marble tells the rest. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in 52 She ceas'd her timid quest, But in her tone and look he read the rest. 1895 73 691/2 To accept the office as to some part of the estate and not accept it as to the rest. 1921 3 Feb. 67/3 Haig..was quite right to hold the southern end of his line..more weakly than the rest. 1988 J. Trollope iii. 69 He was suddenly immediately tired: the rest would have to wait. 2008 4 Oct. 33/1 A trite cover of Don Williams ‘I Believe In You’, which feels forced next to the effortless beauty of the rest. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > primero > stakes 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione ii. sig. Y.ivv [They] fell to gamynge. And not longe after, one of the Pistoiens losinge his reste [It. perdendo il resto], had not a farthynge left him to blesse himselfe. 1591 J. Florio 69 A. Let us agree of our game, what shall we plaie for? S. One shilling stake, and three rest. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 15 When I cannot liue any longer, Ile do as I may, And theres my rest. 1615 T. Tomkis iii. v. sig. F3v I set ten shillings six pence, You see't? my rest, fiue and fifty. 1630 tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) 155 The King thought it no policie to play all his Rest at once, where hee might have lost more at one Game, than he had got in eight yeares. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard i. iv. 156 The Duke..being at that instant bow'd down upon the Table, to draw the money he had newly won upon a rest, escap'd that fatal blow. 1705 S. Centlivre 71 You're Fortune's sporting Footballs at the best, Few are his Joys, and small the Gamester's Rest. 1880 ‘Cavendish’ 63 Four cards were dealt to each player, and the rest was made or set at the second card. 2007 D. Gunby et al. III. 148 The metaphor is from primero, in which the rest is a player's ‘final reserve’. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > continued quick exchange society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > battledore or badminton > [noun] > continued quick exchange a1616 F. Beaumont Let. to B. Jonson in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Xxx4 For wit is like a rest Held up at Tennis, which men doe the best, With the best gamesters. 1682 Duke of Buckingham 13 But O! the Dialogues, where jest and mock Is held up like a rest at Shittle-cock. 1705 C. Cibber iv. i. 45 Knock me down, if ever I saw a Rest of Wit better Play'd, than that last in my Life. 1740 C. Cibber v. 88 They return'd the Ball so dextrously upon one another, that every Scene between them, seem'd but one continued Rest of Excellence. 1890 C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis in J. M. Heathcote et al. (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 257 The longest rest on record in a double match..consisted of no fewer than thirty-eight volleys. 1898 H. F. Lawford in W. A. Morgan I. 428 I was told that one rest was eighty-one strokes. 1960 18 July 14/4 Warburg..played six strokes in a fine rest. 1988 May–June 27/1 In tennis [i.e. real tennis] the result of a rest is a point or a halfway to a point. 1892 R. Boyce x. 201 Another class of rests represents vestigial structures. 1904 29 Oct. 1200/2 Very common among pathologists is a modification of Cohnheim's theory of embryonic rests as the basis of neoplasms. 1912 5 157 To present new reasons against the hypothesis that renal hypernephromata are derived from adrenal rests. 1938 40 541/2 It is conceivable that portions of these fetal rests may migrate to the retroperitoneal tissue. 1963 C. L. Deming in M. F. Campbell (ed. 2) II. xxii. 912 Grawitz thought that these tumors came from adrenal rests. 2006 J. Skucas iv. 153/1 Small bowel splenic rests are not uncommon. the world > the earth > named regions of earth > groups of countries > [noun] > undeveloped or having low level of development 1932 5 161 The outer conflict between the West and the rest is the more serious and profound because it reproduces so closely an inner conflict in the Western mind itself. 1967 11 168 The literature concerning education in both the ‘West and the rest’ abounds with examples of failure in this regard. 1976 M. Sahlins i. 54 What seems to emerge from the encounter of historical materialism with the two anthropological structuralisms is a distinction between the West and the rest. 1994 7 Mar. ii. 16/5 The division of the universe into the West and the Rest, where this ‘Rest’ wants to develop and become independent. 2006 W. Easterly i. 28 What can Western aid do? How can long-run prosperity be achieved in the Rest? Phrases P1. In sense 4b, in adverbial phrases. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > as for the rest [phrase] 1545 T. Raynald tr. E. Roesslin ii. sig. D.ivv As for the rest how to open, clense, dry, and hele suche apostumations, ye must consult with sum phisition. 1595 W. Shakespeare iii. iii. 92 But for the rest you tell a pettigree [etc.]. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus 314 Let it suffice for this present:..for the rest, I shall not cease to admonish thee accordingly. 1655 tr. C. Sorel viii. 6 For the rest, all these debauchment are very true. 1745 E. Haywood No. 8 (1748) II. 87 As to the rest, he has a very good estate [etc.]. 1771 Bp. W. Warburton (1809) 464 As to the rest, you shall live to yourself. 1784 R. Bage II. 344 For the rest, it is I believe as compleat as human nature..will permit. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in (1824) 343 I know not that his strength is more than mine. As to the rest I care not. 1847 C. Brontë I. xiv. 270 For the rest, you are not my conscience keeper, so don't make yourself uneasy. 1885 in M. Pattison Pref. vi ‘As to the rest,’ he went on, ‘I give you full editorial powers.’ 1917 E. Ferber xvii. 281 As for the rest, it was plain that he was interested, but unhappy. 1956 ‘N. Shute’ 10 There was a couple of new stores and electricity had reached the place while I had been away. For the rest it was unaltered. 1987 I. Roberts i. 26 You are at liberty to call me Brother while we are alone, Zarah. As to the rest, you must obey. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [phrase] > in other respects 1590 J. Smythe Ded. 8 And in the rest to take their aduentures, and sometimes to starue. 1667 J. Milton ix. 653 Of this Tree we may not taste nor touch..; the rest, we live Law to our selves, our Reason is our Law. View more context for this quotation P2. to set (up) one's rest. Cf. sense 5. the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object 1572 sig. B.iv We which by open thrustyng our selues agaynst her enemyes haue set vp our rest vpon our Queene Elizabeth. 1589 R. Greene sig. F2 Haue ye alreadie..set your rest vpon some higher personage? a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. v. 37 in (1640) III Arrested, As I had set my rest up, for a wife! View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Pepys 19 Jan. (1971) IV. 18 He seems to set off his rest in this plenty and the neatness of his house. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero v. 327 Those very Men who have set up their rest in Pursuit of External Profit and Pleasure. 1704 III. xiii. 360 When this Address was made by the Dutch, he set up his whole rest and interest, that it might be well accepted. 1740 S. Richardson II. 202 As if I believ'd I ought to set up my Rest in my mean Self, and think nothing further to be done. 1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes iii. ii, in 27 Of whom some one peraduenture shal leese a great sum of money before he win one stake, & at last halfe in anger shal set vp his rest [It. doue tu uedi luno fure il resto]. a1612 J. Harington Treat. Playe in (1775) II. 31 The Kinge, 55 eldest hand, set vp all restes. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini (1674) 288 [The] advantage which he had of three Sevens in hand, had enforced him to set his Rest. 1875 24 Apr. 333/1 Whether the player, who was so satisfied with his hand as to set up his rest, had the right of continuing to take cards, is not certain. the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > run a risk or take one's chance the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini xviii. 1074 The king ment in that warre to set vppe his last rest. 1587 R. Greene sig. D2v Least ayming more at the weale of our countrey then our own liues, we set our rest on the hazard and so desperatly throw at all. 1605 E. Sandys sig. G2 If the Pope..were brought to his last hand, to set vp his rest vpon those men. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden i. 74 The Queene of Scots being..one which set vp her rest in hope of England. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard i. iv. 174 The greatest part of those who had set up their rest upon the Fortune of the Duke his Father. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More 13 They would set up their Rest on such an Answer. 1862 12 223 He had set his rest on that which never fails the man who leans on it. 1905 Ld. Coleridge ix. 134 He had set his rest on his Saviour's atonement;..his soul was in peace. the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost 1589 J. Lyly sig. B Wee'le set vp all our rests, to make you all restie. society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence 1590 T. Lodge (Hunterian Club) 50 Aliena resolued there to set vp her rest.., and so became Mistres of the farme. 1621 G. Hakewill 251 Hee may chance to come into my sight, but..hee shall not set up his rest there. 1676 G. Etherege ii. ii. 28 Shou'd I have set up my rest at the first Inn I lodg'd at, I shou'd never have arriv'd at the happiness I now enjoy. 1768 H. Brooke III. xvi. 181 Here I counted to set up my rest for life. 1771 T. Smollett III. 111 I firmly believe he will set up his rest in Monmouthshire. 1810 C. Lamb Let. 2 Jan. in (1978) III. 35 Here I hope to set up my rest. 1841 C. Dickens ii. lxxi. 209 We..will set up our rest again among our boyish haunts. 1881 Apr. 186/1 She had a revelation that she should not set up her rest till she should come to a town where the bells should ring of themselves. 1904 M. Hewlett II. vii. 147 Here was the place where Telamon the companion of Jason upon the Argo may or may not have set up his rest. 1945 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann xviii. 51 Here he set up his rest and took time to get his breath. the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > be resolute or determined [verb (intransitive)] 1593 T. Bilson To Rdr. sig. ¶¶4 On this they set vp their rest, that no Pastour shoulde haue power ouer others of the same calling. 1596 Z. Jones tr. M. Barleti vi. 194 Many of them..did set vp their rest to remaine and dwell there for euer. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 27 He that sets vp his rest to doe more exploits with his Mace, then a Moris Pike. View more context for this quotation 1633 J. Ford v. sig. I3 Despaire or tortures of a thousand hells All's one to mee; I haue set vp my rest. 1646 J. Temple 4 I have cast up my accounts, I have set up my rest, and determine rather to displease any other man than offend my own conscience. 1684 J. Dryden tr. L. Maimbourg iii. 347 The King..continu'd firm to the same resolution, and set up his rest to stand by it. 1897 S. Baring-Gould iii. 22 Dickon hath set up his rest to unite your claim with his own. the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > be convinced or satisfied [verb (intransitive)] 1594 T. Nashe sig. Hij You that are married and haue wiues of your owne, and yet hold too nere frendship with your neighbours; set vp your rests, that the Night will be an il neighbour to your rest. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley (1653) iv. sig. G2v Could I set up my rest, That hee were lost, or taken prisoner; I could hold truce with sorrow. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] 1663 S. Pepys 8 Jan. (1971) IV. 8 So home, with much ado.., now resolving to set up my rest as to plays till Easter. †P3. to set down one's rest. Cf. sense 5. the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] 1578 W. Darell sig. Ev I haue set downe my rest in this order: if you grieue or be disquiet, it shall nothing content mee: if you laugh, I will doe the like for companie. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ sig. Biv Where you sette downe your reste, you are very resolute. 1633 Bp. J. Hall ii. 312 They that set down their rest, and resolution, that they will be rich. 1662 C. Harvey 154 I set down my rest upon my former resolution. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] 1589 R. Greene 61 Setting downe his rest at this period, he went into the chamber to see if Lentulus were awake. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. M1, in (rev. ed.) Here as a limit sufficient to that determined labour, doe I lay downe my rest. a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 202 in (1634) That man that comes in this life to the end of his walk, and there setteth down his rest from going any further. 1704 Reply to Let. Aug. 15 102 in H. Layton We might here set down our rest, and put a stop to our further Enquiry concerning the propounded Subject of it. society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence 1591 R. Greene sig. Fv Whereupon he thought this night to set downe his rest. 1600 S. Nicholson sig. H2v I hate all shifts, plaine dealing still is blest, I like the meane, and here set downe my rest. a1665 K. Digby (1827) 282 I have set down my rest where piety forbiddeth not to live according to nature. 1678 I. Walton sig. c6 v Being now resolv'd to set down his rest in a quiet privacy at Boothby Pannel. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase] > especially or most of all 1608 W. Shakespeare xv. 47 Doe as I bid thee, or rather doe thy pleasure, Aboue the rest, be gon. View more context for this quotation P5. 1807 J. Beresford II. xv. 38 She's so full of..Pic-nic, and Opera, and Grosvenor Square, and Lady Bab. and all the rest of it. 1855 C. Kingsley v With their holy water, and their moppings and their scourings, and the rest of it. 1888 2 Oct. 10/4 He was treated as an ordinary prisoner, plank bed and all the rest of it. 1920 21 Aug. 211/2 The need for economy, efficiency, justice, a square deal, patriotism, the home, the dignity of womanhood, prosperity, liberty, order, democracy and the rest of it. 1945 J. Reith 16 Apr. (1975) vii. 347 He was very civil and thought I had done a wonderful job and all the rest of it. 1998 N. Hornby (1999) xxiv. 180 If you were falling in love with someone beautiful and intelligent and all the rest of it, then feeling like a blank twit put you at something of a disadvantage. 1887 A. Barrère 136/1 This lady is forty years of age. Yes, and the rest! 1934 ‘J. Rhys’ (1982) 124 ‘She's only a kid... She's not seventeen.’ ‘Yes—and the rest,’ Joe said. ‘Well, she's not a day older than nineteen, anyway.’ 1993 J. Simpson (1994) xii. 189 ‘Black, white, unemployed, whatever, it doesn't take away the fact that they're mindless, violent, thieving, vicious bastards.’ ‘And the rest,’ I added. 2008 (Nexis) 19 Sept. 50 Was it a realisation he knew what we all knew, that the movie just wasn't funny and he didn't want me to judge him on the basis of it? Yeah, and the rest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † restadj.Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: resty adj.1 Etymology: Apparently a variant of resty adj.1 (compare discussion at that entry). Compare later reesed adj., reest v.1, reese v.2A connection seems less likely with Faroese ræstur, past participle of ræsa to allow to become rancid. Obsolete. the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > rank or rancid 1381 Diuersa Servicia in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler (1985) 73 Tak þe venisoun þat ys rest & do yt in cold water & after mak an hole in þe herþe & lat yt be þeryn þre dayes & þre nyȝt. a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell (1845) I. 53 For brynnyng with wilde fyre: tak rest bacon and do hit on a grene hesill styk. (Harl. 221) 431 Reest, as flesche.., rancidus. ?c1475 (BL Add. 15562) f. 102 v To be reste, rancere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). restv.1Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian resta (West Frisian rēste ), Old Dutch resten , raston (Middle Dutch rasten , resten , Dutch †rasten ), Old Saxon restian (Middle Low German rasten , resten ), Old High German resten , rastōn , rasten (Middle High German rasten , resten , German rasten ), and also (with different ablaut grade) Middle Dutch rosten , rusten (Dutch rusten ), Middle Low German rosten , rusten < the Germanic base of rest n.1The expected form of the word in Old English is restan , with i-mutation caused by the verb-forming suffix; forms with stem vowel æ are relatively rare, and are probably after similar forms of rest n.1 (compare discussion at that entry). Some examples at sense 3b might perhaps alternatively be interpreted as showing rest v.3 (compare rest v.3 3). Similarly, the material at sense 6d might perhaps alternatively be interpreted as showing rest v.2 For a discussion of the Old English past participle forms gerested , gerestod see rested adj.1 Later past tense and past participle forms that do not show syncopation of vowel of the ending (rested , etc.) have been considered predictable and are not separately treated in the Forms section. In Old English the prefixed form gerestan (compare y- prefix) is also attested in the same senses and also in the senses ‘to be at ease’ (compare sense 3c), ‘to cease from activity’ (reflexive; compare sense 4b), ‘to lean on’ (compare sense 11b), ‘to put one's trust in, rely on’ (reflexive; compare sense 14c); it survives into early Middle English as ireste. I. To take repose, have a break from activity, and related senses. 1. the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > rest the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] eOE (Royal) (1865) i. xlvii. 118 Drince ealles þone drenc þritig nihta,..þonne þu restan wille. OE (Northumbrian) xiv. 41 Ait illis, ‘dormite iam et requiescite’ : cuoeð ðæm uel him slepað gee & ræstas. OE (2008) 1793 Wolde blondenfeax beddes neosan... Geat..wel, rofne randwigan, restan lyste. a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 233 (MED) Hi dieð under hire arme, oðer his hafed heleð, to don him slepe and reste. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 9365 He wuste Merlin, whar he ælche nihte resteð [c1300 Otho reste] vnder lufte. 1340 (1866) 31 (MED) Huanne þe man is zuo heui þat ne loueþ bote to ligge and resti and slepe. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 334v With pypes wakemen pleseþ men þat resteþ [L. quiescentes] in beddes. a1425 (Lansd.) (1902) 32 (MED) Eftir midday, when þai haue etin, sal ye reste in yure bedde alle wid silence. c1475 Advice to Lovers in J. O. Halliwell (1840) 35 (MED) Whan thou art dead, in thi bed shal he rest. c1480 (a1400) St. Julian 304 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 467 Scho..lad þame in a bed to reste, & bad þame slepe. a1500 (?c1450) 138 And so..eche yede to his ostell to resten [Fr. reposer]. 1509 S. Hawes (1928) xxxviii. 200 La bell pucell to a fayre chambre bryght Dyde me than brynge for to rest all nyght. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. ccxxxij He..laieth hym downe againe to rest. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. vi. 40 Now good my Lord, lye heere, and rest awhile. 1669 S. Pepys 23 Mar. (1976) IX. 495 Being sleepy, fell soon to rest and so rested well. 1742 J. Wesley (1749) 24 I ask'd her, How have you rested? 1791 A. Radcliffe II. viii. 1 She had not rested well. 1802 324 When he has quietly and well rested, [he hears] worse than after a restless night. 1847 C. Brontë I. xv. 304 Too feverish to rest, I rose as soon as day dawned. 1887 J. Ball 356 The passengers..were resting in their ship-chairs. 1956 H. Gramm i. 44 Mr. Oberlaender died on November 30, 1936. He slipped away quietly while resting. 1990 R. Rendell xxi. 244 He had hardly expected to sleep at all, only to rest. 2009 (Nexis) 5 June They assumed that because of his age he was resting in his room. the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (reflexive)] the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease action or operation [verb (reflexive)] > for refreshment eOE (Corpus Cambr. 173) Introd. iii. 26 Wyrceað eow vi dagas, & on þam siofoðan restað eow. eOE (Royal) (1865) ii. lxv. 292 Reste hine softe & wreo hine wearme. OE 227 Þonne he reste hine, þonne wæs his seo æþeleste ræst..on nacodre eorðan. c1175 ( (Bodl. 343) (1894) 6 Aris on ærnemoreȝen..& ga to moyse þer he hine restæð. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 9598 Clene þohht iss godess bedd & tære he wile himm resstenn. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 47 (MED) [On Sunday] þa engles hem heom rested mare þenn on sum oðer dei. a1300 (c1275) (1991) 156 Ðe mire..renneð rapelike & resteð hire seldum. 1340 (1866) 7 (MED) Þou sselt þe resti uor betere þe yeme to bidde. a1375 (c1350) (1867) 2801 (MED) Go we on oure gate..to recuuer sum resset, þere we vs rest miȝt. a1425 (?c1350) (1964) 2462 (MED) He rest him on his sadelbow. c1425 (1923) 53 (MED) The trowblys tempestuous wyndis vttirly rested them. c1450 (1905) II. 360 (MED) If you like, ye may go vnto your bed and riste you. a1500 (?c1425) (1936) 222 (MED) They songe and playede and sette hem in the setys and restyd hem in the beddes. 1530 J. Palsgrave 688/2 You may rest you here a while in this wyndowe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 18 Pray set it downe, and rest you. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. v. 2 Kind Keepers.., Let dying Mortimer here rest himselfe. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius 205 We rested our selves upon the Rock. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu 21 Nov. (1965) I. 282 I was very glad to stay there a day to rest my selfe. 1782 F. Burney I. i. vi. 82 He then begged him to be seated, to rest himself. 1838 C. Dickens II. xxii. 36 Sit down by the fire, younker, and rest yourself. 1847 C. Brontë III. i. 47 When I got there, I was forced to sit to rest me under the hedge. 1873 G. G. McCrae ii. 59 Lay thee down to sleep and rest thee well. 1899 K. Chopin xxxix. 298 You may go to my room to brush up and rest yourself. 1909 J. Mackay 77 O sleep you sound and rest you well, Lettice, Lilian, Dulcibel! 1921 E. W. Burlingame tr. II. 224 Just sit down, bathe your feet, anoint them with oil, and rest yourself a while. 1953 K. M. Briggs Gloss. 217 After working, [they] rested themselves at the fire and cooked frogs for their supper. 1998 C. Channer (1999) Prol. 5 How much time ah must tell you to rest yourself? the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)] the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease temporarily > give rest to the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > become refreshed or invigorated [verb (intransitive)] > make refreshed or invigorated OE tr. Felix (Vesp.) (1909) ii. 109 Sume niht, mid þam þe..he hys þa werigan lima reste [L. fessa membra solitae quieti dimitteret], and he menig þing mid his mode þohte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 8599 Þu seolf scalt þer-in þine ban resten. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Otho) 1753 Leir king wende on an feld and reste his weri bones. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 7482 (MED) Doun of her destrers þai liȝten, Her stedes to rest, her armes riȝten. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 2733 (MED) Quen þai war rest [Gött. restid] wel vp-ras þai. a1400 in F. J. Furnivall (1903) 260 (MED) Hit [sc. poverty] resteþ and hit quemeþ. 1495 (de Worde) v. xxvi. sig. i.i/2 Somtyme the sholders ben greuyd... And thenne they ben curyd & restyd. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 85 (MED) The toone lawe promisith, shewith, and disposith; the othir contentith and restith. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) x. v. l. 5 Eneas..mycht na wyss hys membris rest. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. (1823) xxiii. i He rests me in greene pasture. 1597 W. Shakespeare iv. iv. 33 Then would I hide my bones, not rest them here. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 8 in So that I had the convenience of resting my back. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil 208 A Grott is form'd beneath, with Mossy Seats, To rest the Nereids. a1714 E. Freke (2001) 70 I..have had noe place to rest my wearyed carkas in butt troubling my frinds. 1781 W. Cowper 451 He..seeks a more convenient friend,..On whom he rests well-pleas'd his weary pow'rs. 1830 W. Scott ii. i The grim sexton..Made him the bed which rests his head for ever. 1855 T. T. Lynch vi. 9 It rests us to look on their calm. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell xiii. 330 I told Poore to rest the men and horses, while..I went on ahead. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ xii. 198 My sleep at night didn't seem to rest me. 1963 I. Fleming xvii. 188 Bond schussed easily downwards..resting his limbs. 1998 I. Hunter xv. 247 Employees using visual display units should rest their eyes frequently. 2. the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] > be dead OE (Parker) anno 962 Her forðferde Ælfgar..& his lic rest on Wiltune. OE (Corpus Cambr. 41) 25 Dec. 3 Hire lichama resteð nu on Romebirig. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 8600 Þenne þi lif endeð, þer þu scalt resten. c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) l. 295 in C. Horstmann (1887) 100 Þare..hire bones restez ȝuyte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 401 Seint Edburgh..resteþ [?a1475 anon. tr. beriede; L. quiescentem] at Wynchestre. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 1079 (MED) Þe bodi moght he nan-gat hide, For vnder erth most it not rest. 1467 in F. W. Weaver (1901) 200 (MED) My body to rest in our lady chapell. 1535 Ecclus. xlvii. 23 Thus rested Salomon with his fathers. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil i. 4 Wheare lyes strong Hector... Wheare stout Serpedon dooth rest. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 63 in J. Ware (1633) He builded Cels and Monasteries, but chiefely at Achadbo, where he resteth. 1671 J. Milton 598 I shall shortly be with them that rest . View more context for this quotation 1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley II. 266 Their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. 1782 F. Burney III. vi. ii. 235 A set of poor souls you won't let rest in their coffins. 1813 Ld. Byron Diary 23 Nov. in (1974) III. 215 Why should Junius be yet dead?.. Would he rest in his grave? 1855 C. Kingsley xxix Into her merits or demerits I do not enter deeply here. Let her rest in peace. 1888 W. H. H. Rogers Notes 391 She rests in a wedge-shaped coffin, which is sarcophagused within the tomb in the presbytery. 1901 A. Castle & E. Castle xli. 308 Succour his soul, O Saints of God, meet him, Angels of God, receive him. May he rest in peace, may he rest in peace! 1958 20 Jan. 1/1 A West Northville man who died a pauper in 1946 now rests in the grave willed to him by his grandmother. 2002 2 Aug. 47/3 (advt.) She was my grandma, she was my strength, she was my diamond, may she now rest in peace. the world > life > death > obsequies > [verb (intransitive)] > lie before burial or cremation 1890 23 Mar. 1/5 The remains are now resting in the bed which he left but a few hours before... The funeral will take place either at Washington or Oakland. 1951 27 Sept. 4/4 The body rests at the late home in Thurmont where friends may call. 1967 ‘Coriolis’ iii. 54 Remains will be resting at the John Doe Funeral Home. 1976 22 Nov. 4/4 Funeral service at Anfield Crematorium... Resting at E. H. Roberts..where flowers may be sent. 2000 (Nexis) 19 Jan. b8 Resting at the Hennessey Funeral Home until 10:15 Friday morning, then transferred to St. Pius X Church for funeral mass at 10:30 a.m. 3. the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain unmoved the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > be permanent [verb (intransitive)] > remain, continue OE 159 Eadige beoþ þearfena gastas & hie restaþ on heofena rice. OE (Corpus Cambr.) x. 6 Cweðaþ æryst, ‘sib si þisse hiwræddenne.’ And gyf þar beoð sybbe bearn, reste [L. requiescet] þar eower sib. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 13025 Me þinnkeþþ god inn hemm. To biggenn & to resstenn. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1934) 14 Mi sawle schal resten wið [c1225 Royal mit] þe rihtwise. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Otho) 12801 Reaste [c1275 badien] þe king wolde forte his folk come. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 1986 Ðor was in helle a sundri stede Wor ðe seli folc reste dede. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. iv. 95 (MED) Bote Reson haue reuþe of him, he resteþ in þe stokkes Also longe as I lyue. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 14 Somme men seyn þat he dyed nought, but þat he resteth [?a1425 Egerton restez; Fr. se repose] þere til the day of doom. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. (Caxton) (1877) lf. 15v Ypocras rested in the Ile of Thau. ?a1535 To City of London (Vitellius) in J. Small (1893) II. 276 Pryncesse of townes,..A richer restith under no Christen roy. 1548 f. clxv That the citezens hearing where the place of the ieopardye rested, might occurre their enemies. 1597 W. Shakespeare v. i. 5 This way the King will come..Heere let vs rest . View more context for this quotation 1611 Josh. iii. 13 Assoone as the soles of the feete of the Priestes..shall rest in the waters of Iordan. View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Granger 111 A stone neither mooueth nor resteth. 1658 R. Newcourt (single sheet) Under ye Roman Regencie then rested this City & Kingdome by ye space of nere 490 yeares. 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil II. x. 497 The Wretched Father (Father now no more!) In Sullen Sorrow rested on the Shore. 1838 G. O. Trevelyan in (1876) II. i. 5 Mr. Wallace did not choose to rest quietly under a castigation in excess of his deserts. 1893 Apr. 372/1 When no current is passing, the needle rests at the centre of the horizontal plate, at zero. 1912 G. H. Read iii. 41 The boats are now resting at the highest part of the island in the centre of the camp. 2006 A. von Meier viii. 235 Inside the bowl, the marble rests at the bottom in the middle. the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] c1300 (c1250) (Cambr.) (1966) l. 158 So him sede child Floriz: ‘Rest þe murie, sire Daris.’ a1450 (Faust.) (1883) 485 By hym come an olde hore mone And sayde: ‘syr kyng, rest ȝov wylle!’ ?1531 R. Whitford tr. Thomas à Kempis ii. vi. f. xlvv Thou shalt rest the swetely & blessydly yf thyn owne hert reproue the not. 1589 T. Lodge sig. E2 Sweet Beautie rest thee still awhile. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 146 I haue her soueraigne aid, And rest my selfe content. View more context for this quotation 1633 Bp. J. Hall i. 324 He that beleeves shall rest himselfe contented with this alsufficient meanes. 1700 T. D'Urfey i. i. i. 8 Come, come, rest thee quiet, Friend. 1758 R. Dodsley iv. i. 53 Rest thee well assur'd I have foreseen, and am prepar'd to meet All possible events. 1813 P. B. Shelley vi. 74 Oh! rest thee tranquil; chase those fearful doubts. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in (new ed.) I. 126 Oh! rest thee sure That I shall love thee well and cleave to thee. 1907 G. P. Upton tr. vii. 49 ‘So thou dost threaten my castle, Björn!’ he said. ‘But rest thee assured it will be well guarded.’ 1982 M. Z. Bradley 466 Rest you content, Gwydion. Arthur well knows his worth. the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > be free from trouble, care, or sorrow [verb (intransitive)] OE Cynewulf 1082 A min hige sorgað, reonig reoteð, ond geresteð no ærþan me gefylle fæder ælmihtig..willan minne.] a1382 (Douce 370) (1850) 2 Chron. xxiii. 21 Thei setten hym in the kingus see. And al the puple of the lond gladid, and the cytee restyde. c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 531 Why noldist thow han writyn of alceste And latyn Criseide ben a-slepe & rest? a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 3935 (MED) Whan þe humours done sees..Þe herte restith and stille lendith. 1581 W. Averell sig. K.iv Our carefull mindes that could not rest, are now extinct by dust. 1622 G. Markham & W. Sampson iv. sig. H4 I could not rest before; yet now I feele A calmenesse ouerspread me. 1735 C. Coffey i. 2 I'm glad our Money is gone, with all my Heart; whilst I had it, I was out of my Element, and could not rest for thinking how to get rid of it; but now it's spent, all Sorrow go with it, for I am my own Man again. 1782 F. Burney III. vi. iv. 251 Cecilia had now but little leisure, for Lady Honoria would hardly rest a moment away from her. 1803 tr. G. C. A. Pigault-Lebrun I. 23 Mr. Horeau, without whom he could not rest long together. 1881 J. M. Douglas ix. 503 The ardent tenderness of a heart hungering for the sober, solid satisfaction of happy home life, and unable to rest without it. 1918 Aug. 696/1 She hasn't been able to rest since she learned..that your life was threatened. 1992 10 Feb. 65/2 Pity the mothers of Olympic speed skiers, who cannot rest as easily as those whose children took up curling. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > and not advance ?a1534 H. Medwall ii. sig. f.iii Ye can not do hym more dyspleasure Than therof to make reporture. Therfore let yt rest To speke therof yt ys hygh treson. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus vii. xxxix, in 393 Neyther rested he with this but destroyed..the whole citie. 1633 Bp. J. Hall i. 548 I will send a destruction upon the house of Hazael..which shall not rest in his person, but [etc.]. 1706 G. Stanhope III. 196 Charity..must never rest in the thoughts and Affections of the Soul. But how shall it exert itself in becoming Words and Actions? 1750 S. Johnson No. 19. ⁋15 So much remains in the power of others, that reason is forced at last to rest in neutrality. 1782 F. Burney V. x. i. 216 She considered, however, that the matter could not rest here. 1824 29 Oct. 515 If this be a satisfactory proof for you, it is not so for me; I will not rest there. 1861 Dec. 133/1 A very proper and timely request, had he allowed it to rest at that. 1957 H. J. Eysenck (1958) viii. 337 The matter does not rest there either. Freud and Jones both explicitly assert that the Oedipus complex is characteristic of all human beings. 2006 23 Sept. 69/2 But label Polydor will not rest there, using the Universal Music UK Conference..to announce a target of 150,000 sales for the album by Christmas. 4. the world > action or operation > inaction > be inactive [verb (intransitive)] the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > desist from effort or exertion the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] > rest OE (Northumbrian) vi. 31 Uenite seorsum in desertum locum et requiescite pusillum : cymes sundrig in woestig styd & restas huon. OE (Claud.) xx. 11 On six dagon God geworhte heofonan & eorðan.., & reste ði seofoðan dæge & he halgode hine. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) 6131 Heo forð ferden alle i-sunde, & vmben are mile heo ræsten ane while. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 3635 (MED) Four hondred men ar he reste is owe honde he slou. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 125 (MED) Þere is Iacobus welle, þat Criste reste by. a1425 (?c1350) (1964) 3554 (MED) Þai rest þan a litil stound Forto tak þaire ande þam till. c1460 (McClean) (1960) 151 (MED) Þei sese neuer from asayling but it be for a wile and for a while, and it semyth þat þei reste, and it is not so. c1540 (?a1400) 5862 He..Hade laburt so longe hym list for to rest, And bowet fro the batell. 1569 R. Grafton II. 833 Neuer restyng nor themselues refreshing, except the baityng of their horses. 1572 (a1500) (1882) 406 Vpon solempnit ȝule day quhen ilk man suld rest. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. iii. 6 I..am my selfe attach'd with wearinesse To th'dulling of my spirits: Sit downe, and rest . View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton ii. 292 Thither he bent his way, determin'd there To rest at noon. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope ii. 7 He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest. 1797 A. Radcliffe I. i. 30 They rested to recover breath. 1855 C. Kingsley xxxiii Now set me where I can rest among the rocks without fear of falling. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell xv. 386 Our men..had orders not to let the enemy rest. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ 22 Oct. (1993) III. 42 I got up this morning & came straight outside & here I am resting in lovely weather. 1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus iii. ii. 162 Monare was resting for a moment whilst the bags in the truck were loosened. 2008 Mar. 82 Do 20 reps for one set and rest a minute. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) ii. iv. 41 Hie heora gefeohta þa hwile hie gerestan, þeh hie þæs hungres & þæs moncwealmes ne mehte.] c1175 ( Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine (1993) 170 Heo moten eac þenne heom resten þæs runes and þæs ȝewinnes þe heo nu ðrowæð. 1340 (1866) 7 (MED) Þine ssepere..him restede þane zeuende day of workes þet he hedde ymad ine þe zix dayes beuore. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. xi. 23 Þenne Iosue took al þe lond..& the lond restede fro bateilys. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1913) II. l. 13317 (MED) Now let vs resten of this Talkyng. c1485 ( G. Hay (1993) xxiii. 96 Bot restis fra all vexacioun corporale and mentale. 1496 (c1410) (de Worde) iii. ii. 136/2 Euery daye we be bounde to ferie & to rest from synne. 1509 S. Hawes (1928) xxii. 105 The seuenth day he rested of his werke. 1526 Rev. xiv. 13 They maye rest from their laboures. 1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell f. 13 When resting from worldly businesse.., and as it were hauing a certaine holy vacation. 1665 S. Patrick xxii. 232 Let them see that you can rest from your labours and yet not spend your whole time in sport and play. 1667 J. Milton vi. 802 Here stand Ye Angels arm'd, this day from Battel rest . View more context for this quotation a1740 J. Brereton (1744) 144 Alcides, in his shaggy Spoil, Seems there to rest from all his Toil. 1753 S. Richardson I. xxxv. 240 These three gentlemen would never let me rest from wickedness. 1813 P. B. Shelley ix. 112 The souls..There rest from the eternity of toil. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Goose iv, in (new ed.) I. 231 She..bless'd herself, and cursed herself, And rested from her labours. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold 197/1 To keep certain days holy, with the obligation of resting from servile work. 1928 1 July 29/4 Tate is required to rest from his bowling by scouting at deep square leg. 1957 M. Goudeket x. 72 The illusion that she could rest from writing was dispelled. 2004 J. Grimsley xvi. 239 You need to rest from wearing the ring, after you've used it for a while. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. i. 16 Resteth [a1425 L.V. ceesse ȝe] to do shreudely, lerneth to do wel. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 20803 (MED) She resteþ [Vesp. fines] nouþer day ny nyȝt To preye for synful mennes pliȝt. c1450 (a1425) (Selden) 11246 (MED) So dyd þei holly half a day, to cry and rare þei wold not rest. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 296 Leosthenes..would not rest prouokyng the people to make warre vpon the residue of Grece. 1573 G. Harvey (1884) 20 And here I rest to be trubblesum unto you. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy ii. xviii. 56 Such old babes as they.., who neuer rested to sow debate. 1674 C. Cotton tr. B. de Montluc v. 248 All night long I never rested to lodge the Artillery to batter the Town. 1880 Jan. 270/2 The man who..could undertake the advocacy of each of these great changes, and never rest to labour for them day and night till he had done his best to bring one and all of them to a happy conclusion. 1922 G. L. Morrill iv. 159 God had entrusted to him medical skill and administrative ability and he rested not to give a good account of his stewardship. 5. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] OE (1932) 1576 Þa se æðeling het streamfare stillan, stormas restan ymbe stanhleoðu. OE (2008) 1857 Hafast þu gefered, þæt þam folcum sceal..sib gemænum [read gemænu], ond sacu restan, inwitniþas, þe hie ær drugon. a1350 Recipe Painting in (1844) 1 65 (MED) Tac i-tempret gleyr ant cast therto ant let hit stonden ant resten vorte al the asure beo i-vallen adoun to grounde. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xlvii. 6 O þou swerd of þe lord, hou longe shalt þou not resten? c1450 Treat. Fishing in J. McDonald et al. (1963) 163 (MED) Ye schall angle..weyr þe watur restith by the banke & þe streme renneyth nye þer-by. a1475 Recipe Painting in (1844) 1 155 (MED) Take lapis lazuli..and make it reed hoot in the fire, and al hot qwenche it in the water and lat it reste awhile therynne. a1500 (?c1414) 38 (MED) Alle the planetys..At the day of dome schul cese and reste. 1596 E. Spenser iv. v. 36 About the Andvile standing..With huge great hammers, that did neuer rest From heaping stroakes, which thereon soused sore. View more context for this quotation 1603 G. Owen (1892) viii. 60 Barlie..resteth in the ground not past three dayes but up he starteth. 1667 J. Milton vii. 595 The Harp Had work and rested not. View more context for this quotation 1820 Aug. 37/2 Its [sc. a scimitar's] shine will be dimm'd 'ere it rests in its sheath. 1874 T. De W. Talmage ix. 68 At certain places they changed locomotives and let the machine rest, as a locomotive always kept in full heat soon got out of order. 1903 24 Jan. 150/2 [A battery] must rest for awhile before it is as efficient as it was. 1993 (Nexis) 5 Sept. e1 We let the engine rest awhile with the lights off. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 8570 Lete we þis rest, in Godes name, And telle forþ..Hou Merlin, [etc.]. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) l. 1661 ‘Jch schal hem ȝelden wel þis byker.’ Now resteþ Alisaunder jn þis siggyng—Yhereþ now al oþer þing. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich lvi. 37 Now Of this scheld Resteth this Storye. c1500 (1895) 338 And here resteth thystorye of them and retourneth to shewe of Raymondyns men. the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > lie fallow [verb (intransitive)] > lie fallow a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxvi. 11 Sex ȝere þou schalt sow thin londe..þe seuent..ȝere þou shalt leue it & þou schalt make reste [1535 Coverdale, let it rest and lye still]. a1500 (Sloane) (1890) 47 (MED) Yeff it be good soyle eree depe with a square forough so þat som off þe good lande may reste. 1664 G. Havers tr. T. Renaudot et al. lxx. 422 They let their land rest every seventh year. 1771 III. 333/1 When these parts are not thus doubled, the third and fourth parts rest. 1831 E. Ross Farm Rep. 88 in (Libr. Useful Knowledge) III The land was allowed ‘to rest’—i.e., to remain unploughed for a period of years. 1843 Aug. 368 So rests the field, that it may bear the more richly. 1917 Jan. 49 The problem of soil exhaustion is solved in a more rational way than by letting the field ‘rest’ or lie idle for a certain period of time. 2007 A. van't Hooft i. 46 The need to let the field rest from time to time. 6. the world > action or operation > inaction > make inactive [verb (transitive)] > allow to remain inactive 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. vii. f. 7, in The water of an Oxe that hath beene rested a certayne tyme. 1597 W. Shakespeare ii. iii. 20 He fightes as you sing pricke-song,..rests me his minum rest one two and the thirde in your bosome. View more context for this quotation 1737 D. Waterland 33 A learned..Writer..has with great appearance of Probability brought it down to a.d. 96: And there I am willing to rest it. 1860 C. Reade xxxvii He had never budged nor even rested his knife at all this fracas. 1892 21 May 615/1 I doubt if it is wise to ‘rest’ a fish that has missed a fly. 1920 A. Stringer 161 He even waved at me, in a grim sort of gaiety, as he rested his engine and then went back to the struggle. 2009 S. Dallas 155 She took three stitches and rested her needle. society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (transitive)] > position weapons 1622 F. Markham i. ix. 35 He shall have for his right hand a handsome Rest of Ash or other light wood, with an yron pike in the nether end, and an halfe hoope of yron aboue to lay the musquet in when hee rests it. 1635 W. Barriffe cx. 326 Cause all your Muskettiers to face in opposition; to cocke their Matches, guard their Pans, and rest their Muskets. 1682 No. 1684/1 Both sides of the Bridge..being Lined with Grenadiers with their Muskets rested. 1706 No. 4253/2 A Company of Her Majesty's Foot-Guards.., who rested their Arms as the Ambassador pass'd by. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch III. 400 As Nicias was drawing up against him, Gylippus rested his arms, and sent a herald. 1802 C. James To Rest arms, to bring the firelock to the same position as in present arms. 1866 Nov. 328 To the governor, all general officers, and the field officers of their own regiment, sentries are to rest arms. 1920 A. A. Chapin xxi. 287 ‘Strike’ means to the player what ‘Rest arms’ or ‘Break ranks’ or ‘Dismissed’ means to a soldier. 1985 P. D. Nelson ii. 40 When ordered to rest arms they threw their pieces in the dust. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivate or till [verb (transitive)] > lay fallow 1634 W. Wood i. v. 13 I hope it is no ill husbandry to rest the land, nor is alwayes that the worst that lies sometimes fallow. 1763 J. Mills II. 18 Instead of resting, or fallowing, a whole field,..the fallow here is..interposed by means of alleys, which are the part rested. 1841 2 193 With all his art in selecting manure and resting the land, it will become tired at last. 1870 21 The term ‘improved’ includes..fallow and other temporarily uncultivated land—‘resting’ a field being the popular American substitute for rotation. 1908 52 228/2 As for resting the field, better give it a nature tonic! Plant clover in your exhausted field. 1999 F. Berkes v. 88 Rotation and resting the land is good practice. the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > make a fire > keep fire going > make up (a fire) for the night a1774 [implied in: R. Fergusson (1785) 165 The cruizy too can only blink and bleer, The restit ingle's done the maist it dow. (at rested adj. 3)]. 1826 D. Anderson 9 Hardly a shurral even to rest a fire. 1845 P. Still 145 There's nocht ado but bar the door An' rest the fire. 1881 W. Gregor 160 The last thing done on the last day of the year was to ‘rist’ the fire, that is, cover up the live coals with the ashes. 1915 Apr. 212/1 There was a special prayer..for resting the fire at night. 1962 27 Mar. 3 I'll be ristin the fire noo afore sattlin' doon. 1980 D. K. Cameron xi. 113 There were hardy wives who never forgot to end their day..repeating the smooring prayer as they ‘rested’ the fire to keep it burning through the still hours of the night. 1887 July 208 Will you rest your hat? 1911 H. S. Harrison xiii. 159 Won't you rest your coat, Mr. West? 1961 J. J. McNeil vi. 153 Let him rest his hat and his coat. 2002 S. Dallas (2003) iii. 80 She hadn't had to remind him of his manners, asking, ‘Won't you rest your hat?’..because Ned had removed his hat as he came through the door. 7. Chiefly U.S. Law. a. society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > bring evidence to a close 1744 June 317/1 Tho' we might safely rest our Case here, we shall go much farther, and prove the Plaintiff a Bastard. 1822 Feb. 505 And so he rests his case with the judges. 1882 59 57 He rested his case before the claimant moved to exclude the evidence. 1888 Nov. 900/2 I rest my case here. The plaintiff must be put out of court on the evidence which he himself has adduced. 1905 S. W. Mitchell xiv. 183 All the evidence for the plaintiffs was before the court, and Greyhurst sat down, stating that the plaintiff rested the case. 1950 23 Jan. 1/8 Defense attorneys..elected to rest their case without calling a single witness. 1972 14 Nov. 19/5 Plaintiff had not been cross-examined and certainly had not rested his case. 1995 (Nexis) 21 June 3 a Prosecutors abruptly announced plans to rest their case next week without presenting additional evidence. 1832 28 Feb. Next we have the opinions of Mr. Niles himself... And here, I am willing to rest my case. 1847 W. R. Harris 6 Here I rest my case, merely premising that, to silence carping tongues, I have obtained..permission to publish it in the original German. 1885 June 666/2 He turns to the traditions and myths of the most ancient civilizations, and finds in them, by dint of judicious selecting and much special pleading, a remarkable consensus sustaining his view. Here he rests his case. 1902 Sept. 261 She laughed. ‘Do you rest your case?’ ‘Yes, I rest my case.’ 1921 J. H. Railey xxii. 339 ‘Shall I make the obvious answer?’.. ‘No. I know it.’ ‘Then one thing more and I rest my case,’ he achieved a smile. 1946 23 Nov. 21/4 All the fine acts and bands say our town is s-q-u-a-r-e. I rest my case. 2003 ‘DBC Pierre’ x. 107 ‘He wouldn't need to repair TVs, with all that extra money.’ ‘I rest my case.’ 1811 19 Jan. 202/2 Here the prosecution on the part of the public rested. 1820 5 (1821) 121/2 The prosecution having rested, testimony was introduced on the part of the defendant. 1867 July 266/1 The plaintiff had been nonsuited for a reason which was apparent—he had rested too soon—stopped short in his proof. 1926 2nd Ser. 12 788/1 [The witness] identified the respective relators as being defendants named in the indictment, whereupon the prosecution rested. 1954 L. P. Stryker vi. 110 Both sides have rested. 1985 6 June i. 6/1 The defense rested Tuesday, relying solely on the complex testimony of doctors. 2007 12 Feb. 40/3 Before the prosecution rests this week, it will question Russert, who has denied Libby's claim they spoke about Plame. 8. Cookery. 1767 H. Glasse (new ed.) 355 Work these well together, and cover it, and set it down to the fire to rise: then let them rest, and lay the remainder, the half pound of carraways on the top of the wiggs. 1860 R. Hunt (ed. 5) I. 410 The kneading being completed, the dough is left to rest for some time. 1884 F. J. Déliée 462 Boil fifteen minutes, add four ounces of clarified butter, mingle well, and let rest for ten minutes. 1917 B. S. Lyman 316 Make a paste; collect it into a lump, cover it with a cloth, and let it rest twenty minutes. 1963 6 Nov. ii. 10/2 Let the meat rest about 15 minutes before carving. 2009 A. Telford 549 Seasoning with salt after it is cooked is okay, but the meat should rest and seasoning afterwards can draw out moisture. 1884 After resting the dough a half hour, repeat the operation of rolling out and folding up as before. 1904 Dec. 1255/1 Repeat this way of rolling three times, resting the dough ten minutes between the times. 1975 I. S. Rombauer & M. R. Becker (rev. ed.) 610 Spread with your preferred filling and rest it about 10 minutes. 2004 8 Mar. 19/3 Crackling can be removed from the joint and crisped in the oven while the joint is rested prior to carving. society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > be unemployed > in the theatre 1890 B. Hall 81 It would commend itself particularly to actors ‘resting’ for the summer. 1894 22 June 2/3 The unlucky Oxford-street theatre, after ‘resting’—to use the phrase of the profession—..was reopened last night. 1912 J. Galsworthy i. 24 I am an interpreter... At present I am resting. 1938 G. Heyer x. 195 A very nice lady. Stage, but she's resting. 1976 R. Hill i. ii. 33 ‘Are you on holiday?’.. ‘Resting, to use a theatrical term. Between jobs.’ 1998 (Nexis) 18 July 6 Tony Blair has granted actors a concession by scrapping plans to cut their benefit payments while they are ‘resting’ between jobs. 1957 20 Dec. 9/3 Whether this be regarded as a policy of maintaining competition for places or of resting players or whether it signifies the club's reserve strength,..the result is the same. 1978 (Nexis) 9 Aug. d1 Coach Don Megson rested Flater while the club was losing three of its last five games, in the hope the former Minnesota kick forward would be ready for the playoffs. 1994 I. Botham xi. 210 I had been rested for the match to protect a slight injury prior to the first Test due to start later that week. 2003 10 Sept. 51/6 Against Telekom, Jalil rested five regular players—Sarpong, Sai Kong, dead ball specialist Gilbert, Hong Aik and Ramos. II. To be supported or situated on, and related senses. Followed by a preposition. 11. intransitive. With on, upon. the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > be upon something [verb (intransitive)] the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (intransitive)] > be supported OE Homily: Sermonem Angelorum Nomina (Corpus Cambr. 419) in A. S. Napier (1883) 230 On sunnandæg reste Noes earce on þære dune..æfter ðam miclan flode. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 446 (MED) On a rasse of a rok hit [sc. the ark] rest at þe laste. a1525 in W. A. Craigie (1923) I. 303/13 In the vij moneth the erth apperit dry and the ark restit on the mont of Armeny coresponding that God restit the vij day. c1550 Arms of Caius in J. W. Clark (1881) 69 In the mydelle of the cheyfe sengrene resting vppon the heades of ii serpentes in pale. 1611 1 Kings vi. 10 Then hee built chambers..: and they rested on the house with timber of Cedar. View more context for this quotation a1669 ( Indenture Fotheringay in (1846) VI. 1414/1 The pillars and chapetrels that the arches and pendants shall rest upon. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot i. 125 This stone rests upon a marble-Pillar. 1703 R. Neve 131 That thick deather-edg'd-board, generally nail'd round the Eves of a House, for the lowermost Tiles..to rest upon. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge 17 Almost upon the western wave Rested the broad bright Sun. 1819 W. Scott II. ii. 20 The roof..rested upon four concentric arches. 1857 A. Henfrey §40 The stem of such plants rests upon some foreign body, such as the branch of a tree. 1889 July 194/2 The edifice rests on a basement composed of three courses of granite laid stepwise. 1928 18 198 The first-century clay rampart here rests on a very well-preserved raft of oak beams. 1951 H. Braun iv. 80 The feet of the rafters rest upon a horizontal timber known as a ‘plate’. 2003 Spring 46/3 Two pink carnations are tucked in her belt; another rests on the book before her. the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or be suspended [verb (intransitive)] the world > space > relative position > posture > action of leaning on or against something > lean on or against something [verb (intransitive)] OE (Northumbrian) Pref. Qui super pectus domini recumbens purissima doctrinarum fluenta portauit : ðe ofer brest drihtnes gehlionade uel geræste claenust ðara lara flownisa uel esprynca g[e]baer uel lædde.] a1350 in G. L. Brook (1968) 49 He þat reste him on þe rode. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xxi. 20 Thilke disciple..which restide [L. recubuit] in the souper on his brest. c1400 (?c1390) (1940) 2331 (MED) The haþel heldet hym fro & on his ax rested. a1450 (1969) l. 2451 Þat Lord þat restyd on þe rode Is maker of an ende. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 5642 (MED) Al is oo londe to-gedre faste, And alle vpon oo grounde þei raste. c1520 M. Nisbet (1903) II. John xiii. 25 Quhen he had restit agane on the breest of Jesus [etc.]. 1631 W. Gouge iii. xxv. 227 Being an old man and weake, he was faine to have a staffe to rest on. 1638 27 Sitting in his Seate, leaning upon his elbow, his elbow resting upon the deske before him. 1782 F. Burney IV. viii. ii. 178 ‘Oh then rest on me!’ cried he, still holding her; ‘rest but upon me till the ceremony is over!’ 1799 I. vi. 142 Whilst resting against a towering oak..I perceived [etc.]. 1802 C. James (at cited word) The soldiers, belonging to the firing party, rest upon the butt ends of their firelocks. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in 2nd Ser. III. 105 In a half-sitting posture, with her back resting against the door of the hovel. 1862 M. E. Braddon II. xi. 245 With her little hand resting lightly upon the opposite post. 1909 J. Marks 59 She seemed so little and so light where she rested upon him, almost a child. 1952 T. Armstrong viii. 288 With his head resting against the antimacassar, he lay back. 1999 S. Stewart 73 After choreography, I rested on the stairs icing my knee. the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > choose [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person a1500 (c1477) T. Norton (BL Add.) (1975) 244 (MED) The sentence, perile, & Iupardie vppon the techer restith dredfullie. 1535 Ecclus. xliv. 23 Couenaunt dyd he stablysh with Isaac, and made it to rest vpon the heade of Iacob. 1593 R. Hooker iv. iv. 177 The burthen of prouing doth rest on them. 1611 Ecclus. v. 6 Mercy and wrath come from him, and his indignation resteth vpon sinners. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Preston 2 I desire Bashaw Ofti, our near Cousin to undertake that great charge, which rested on thy shoulders before. 1711 J. Addison No. 128. ¶4 The Man and the Woman are joined together for Life, and the main Burden rests upon the former. 1782 F. Burney V. ix. v. 94 That attack rested upon her mind, in defiance of all her endeavours to banish it. 1782 F. Burney V. ix. vi. 118 O, then,..it is not on the side of the young woman that the difficulty seems to rest? 1811 S. T. Coleridge (1959) III. 327 The choice and decision would of course rest on him, as the acting Partner. 1819 P. B. Shelley v. iii. 92 How gently slumber rests upon her face. 1862 M. E. Braddon II. x. 211 His pale face, haggard under the deepening shadow that had rested upon it so long. 1912 E. Jepson tr. G. Leroux vi. 67 A dreadful despair rested on the face of Theophrastus. 2008 M. Driscoll & G. Breshears vi. 139 It is erroneous to say that God's love rests on us personally and individually while also denying that God's wrath rests on us personally and individually. the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > dwell upon (a word) 1530 J. Palsgrave Introd. 15 Thirdly to gyve every worde that they abyde and reste upon, theyr most audible sounde. 1762 J. Foster ii. 25 Does the author of that treatise, or any person in England, usually pronounce an English disyllable or polysyllable without making the voice rest longer on some one syllable than on the other? 1790 A. W. Radcliffe I. ii. 50 Her voice resting on one note, swelled into a tone so exquisite. 1825 J. F. Danneley Rest, to rest upon a syllable is to prolong more than is required by prosody. 1894 D. B. Munro xxxvii. 115 Aristoxenus says that we do not rest upon a note, unless we are led to do so by the influence of feeling. 1919 M. D. Cavocoressi vi. 147 Musorgsky's desire to rest on the note in the most natural manner possible. 1996 H. Gross & R. McDowell (ed. 2) vii. 165 Reading the penultimate line, we briefly rest [1964 poise] on the word ‘still’. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > make infamous [verb (transitive)] > brand with infamy > lie as brand of infamy on 1678 E. M. Thompson (1878) I. (Camden) 162 It shall not rest upon him if I be not made a brigadeere. 1815 W. Scott iii. xviii. 105 Enough of blood rests on my head. 1789 J. Gillies i. 82 His right wing ought to have rested on the village of Herrendorf, and the left to have been flanked by the rivulet of Lauchwitz. 1846 H. H. Wilson II. vi. 238 Their left resting on the hills, their right on the Residency. 1893 W. M. Sloane viii. 93 The English forces in proper array for fighting could not reach across when the right wing rested on the brow toward the St. Lawrence. 1917 F. H. Simonds I. i. vi. 142 When the German attack began, De Castelnau stood thus: his left or northern flank rested on the Moselle south of Pont-à-Mousson and on the Plateau of Ste. Geneviève. 1956 R. E. Dupuy & T. N. Dupuy iii. 48 With his left flank resting securely on the steep bank of the Enipeus River, Caesar foresaw that the chief danger lay on his right. 1997 P. Cozzens xxi. 237 Gates's brigade rested on Moore's left. 12. intransitive. With on, upon. OE Nativity of Virgin (Hatton) in B. Assmann (1889) 122 Se halga gast resteþ on hyre, and hire eadignyss astigeð ofer ealle wifa cynn. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 217 (MED) An gerd sal spruten of iesse more..and uppe þare blosme resten þe holie gost. a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 116 (MED) Spronge blostme of one rote, þe holi gost þe reste upon. 1340 (1866) 119 (MED) Ope þet flour him ssel resti þe holi gost. c1430 N. Love (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 30 Bot marie had ben meke the holy gost had not rested vppon hir. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton (Harl. 6579) i. xx. f. 13v (MED) Vpon wham schal my spirit risten? 1720 I. xxviii. 618 The Jews suppose, that when the Spirit rested upon the Patriarch, he was able with one Hand to move that Weight which several men together had not been able to move with both Hands. 1853 B. Brown i. 7 Directly one of them manifested this gift, the gift of tongues rested upon me. 1884 E. R. S. Smith i. xi. 61 The Holy Spirit rested on me in power, and I was moved to ask the God of Israel that her disconsolate husband might be comforted. 1909 R. C. Evans xviii. 120 I..prayed for just a moment, when a power rested upon me, and I said, ‘In the name of Jesus Christ I say unto thee, Receive thy sight.’ 2000 (Nexis) 9 June 10 Christians are preparing to celebrate the feast of Pentecost, when the wind and fire of the Holy Spirit rested on those same disciples, and filled their hearts. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cccxlvi. 547 Than the cardynals all of one acorde assembled togyder, and their voyces rested on sir Robert of Genesue. 1600 Court Rec. 6 Nov. in H. Stevens (1886) I. 71 To take his aunswer directly to accept or refuse the same offer that the Companie may resolve what course they may rest vppon. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in 141 On him I rested, after long Debate, And not without consid'ring, fix'd my Fate. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look or behold > of eyes: to settle on 1577 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin xxxix. f. 278 So long as our eyes rest vppon them with whom wee bee conuersant, surely wee shall alwayes fynd excuces..to exempt our selues from all lawe. 1621 M. Wroth iv. 515 Blind me needs you must, for if I see, Mine eyes must rest on you, and gazing stand. 1763 H. Walpole III. i. 34 His exuberant pencil was ready at pouring out gods..over those public surfaces on which the eye never rests long enough to criticize. 1794 A. Radcliffe II. vii. 334 She passed the group swiftly, and her timid eyes scarcely rested on them a moment. 1813 (ed. 2) I. 104 Her eyes resting on a lace cap she had been making. 1847 C. Brontë I. x. 155 My eye passed all other objects to rest on those most remote, the blue peaks. 1895 L. McManus vii. 185 His gaze finally rested on Murat. 1920 B. W. Sinclair 15 His glance rested a second on the rich man's toy. 1967 T. Wilder ii. 269 Her eyes rested on him thoughtfully. 1991 G. Keillor viii. 60 It was her face that your eyes rested on, her vibrancy, the light in her face. 13. transitive. With on, upon. the world > space > relative position > posture > action of leaning on or against something > lean on or against [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body a1250 (?a1200) (Nero) (1952) 116 Seoðen..nefde he hwar he muhte resten [?c1225 Cleo. huden, c1230 Corpus Cambr. huden] his heaued. a1325 (c1280) (Pepys 2344) (1927) 1608 (MED) Ihesus nys on eorþe nouȝt so muche goed byleued Wher-vp he mowe enes reste his wery heued. a1400 (Pepys) (1922) 21 (MED) Ich ne habbe nouȝth where onne þat j may reste myne hede. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 1326 Sumwhat he byheld On which hym þoughte he myghte his herte reste. a1450 in R. H. Bowers (1963) 37 (MED) Tho was His bed mad on nayles thre To resten His wery body on. c1480 (a1400) Prol. Evangelists 84 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 238 Restand his hed one cristis kne. a1500 (a1460) (1897–1973) 266 (MED) Godys son..hase not where apon his hede to rest Bot on his shuder bone. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 46 Finde you out a bedde: For I, vpon this banke, will rest my head. View more context for this quotation 1655 E. Waller 7 England now does..Her weary Head upon your Bosome rest. 1751 T. Gray 11 Here rests his Head upon the Lap of Earth A Youth. 1782 F. Burney II. iv. vi. 204 He rested one arm upon the table. 1835 A. Ure 350 Resting their hands on the lay or shuttle-bearer. 1847 C. Brontë III. ii. 66 A large old pointer dog rested its massive head on the knee of one girl. 1890 D. C. Beard xxiii. 213 A mole skin was highly prized as a sort of fetich..,used as a ‘knuckle dabster’ to rest our hands on in a game of marbles. 1913 E. Ferber vi. 144 Ed Meyers..rested his strangely lean hands on his plump knees, and fixed T. A. Junior with a shrewd blue eye. 1946 G. Vidal i. 30 Martin left and Evans rested his head on his arm. He felt tired. 1990 J. Fane 23 She rested her head on his chunky shoulders. 1997 H. Farberman ii. 3 A frail Karajan was helped on stage and rested his body on the railing that framed the back of the podium. the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > place (a thing) on for support 1420 in J. Raine (1890) 17 That William Selby hafe rowme and space..to ryste hys tymbre apon. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock i. 7 He vseth a staffe breast high, in the one end a Pyke to pytch in the ground, and in the other an Iron forke to rest hys peece vppon. 1680 J. Moxon I. x. 180 Its Office is to rest the Tool upon, that it may lie in a steddy position while the Workman uses it. 1776 G. Semple 50 On those set-off's stretch your Plates, and on them rest your Spur-braces. 1793 J. Smeaton (ed. 2) §299 Its groundsill was rested upon a bed of lead. 1855 C. Kingsley xxiv Amyas rested the point of his sword on the ground, and his hands upon the hilt. 1889 July 254/2 He rests the pipe on two horizontal supports. 1929 W. C. Huntington vi. 264 This type of construction is greatly superior to that which rests the studs on a sole plate placed on top of the sub-floor. 1947 July 42/1 He took off his battered gray hat and rested it on the horn of his saddle. 2006 Apr. 48/1 You can simply move the cooling assembly out of the way, and rest it on top of the keyboard. the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > throw (some weight) on a thing 1728 J. Essex tr. P. Rameau i. xiv. 25 Sink, and rise again easy, observing to rest the Weight of the Body on the foremost Foot, to be able to move with the Hinder. 1794 E. Ford v. xiv. 168 He can support himself, resting his weight on the sound limb, and on the toes of the other. 1809 J. Roland 5 You will thereby possess more freedom..than if you had rested your body mostly on the right [foot]. 1872 O. W. Holmes vi I try the ground to find out whether it is firm or not before I rest my weight on it. 1920 E. Wharton i. xii. 103 He had thrust his chest out, supporting his shoulders against the mantel and resting his weight on one large patent-leather foot. 1999 M. Syal (2000) vi. 272 ‘These chirie love my biriani,’ she would say proudly, resting her bulk on the upturned milk crate. 14. the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)] > rely on a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. vii. 2 Siria restyd vp on [a1425 L.V. hath restid on] Effraym. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena (Harl.) (1966) 225 (MED) Be not þerfore necligent to folowe þat way, so to reste oonli vppon ȝoure propre loue and by ignoraunce not for to knowe þe riȝt way. 1526 W. Bonde ii. sig. Kv To..set at nought the counsell of other and to lene and rest al togyther to thyne owne reason. 1583 T. Stocker tr. i. 20 One Magistrate..upon whose fidelitye your Excellencie may rest. 1617 F. Moryson i. 141 I rested much vpon the Cardinals promise. 1633 T. Adams (ii. 9) 707 If he covenant with us, I will be your God: we must restipulate, then will we rest upon thee. a1658 J. Durham (1676) 26 Formal hypocrites who rest on the out-side of duties. 1731 T. Knight 109 Instead of resting upon Reason and matter of Fact, we resign to Authority the most irreconcilable Enemy to Truth and Argument. 1812 B. A. Heywood 29 In his hand would be placed the lever of Archimedes, which as long as it could rest upon the good opinion of the bank directors, might at pleasure move the mercantile world. 1856 F. E. Paget 150 Each rests a good deal on the greatness of her own connexions. 1913 Apr. 432 Statesmanship cannot rest upon the good sense of its programme. It must find popular feeling, organize it, and make the motive power of government. 1996 F. T. Cullen & L. Travis in G. S. Bridges et al. i. 16/1 An understanding of criminal justice trends cannot rest on an examination of research results alone. the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)] c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. ii. 17 If thou ert namyd a Jew and restist in the lawe..thou that techist anothir, techist not thi silf? a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif (1871) III. 363 (MED) In o bileve men resten, þat day shal come of þe laste jugement. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 107 (MED) Let vs reste in the certayne hoope of suche as amonge the persecucions of the warr attendid haue peace. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. lxij Committyng my cause into Goddes handes, I rested wholy in his protection. a1674 T. Traherne (1675) 50 Rest not in the Helps and Remedies that it [sc. religion] bringeth. 1786 R. Burns 167 Here, firm, I rest, they must be best, Because they are Thy Will! 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in 97 Nor did he doubt her more But rested in her fëalty. 1870 J. H. Newman ii. viii. 307 We must patiently rest in the thought of the Eternal, Omnipresent, and All-knowing. the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (reflexive)] eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) lxv. 463 Ðonne gerest ðæt mod hit orsorglice on ðære fortruwunga. OE King Ælfred tr. (Paris) (2001) xv. 9 For þæm þingum, min mod is gelustfullod and ic cyðe þa blisse on minre tungan, and on þæm tohopan ic me syððan gereste.] 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin (new ed.) civ. 535/2 He resisted it by the force of faith, resting himselfe vpon Gods promises. 1611 2 Chron. xxxii. 8 The people rested themselues vpon the words of Hezekiah king of Iudah. View more context for this quotation 1633 Bp. J. Hall i. 295 As this people have not rested themselves upon the gracious promises of Gods protection. 1726 T. Bradbury II. li. 742 They did not only pray for this mercy, but were confirmed in their belief of it; for this they could rest themselves upon the words of David. 1757 H. Stebbing 24 Our modern Deists, if they have any hope in God, must rest themselves upon the natural Law. 1785 R. J. Sulivan II. lxxix. 411 Love they accepted as the first principle of all things, they could rest themselves upon no other conceit. 1850 R. Anderson in C. D. Anderson iii. 64 We must rest ourselves upon the promises in God's own word. 1883 C. H. Spurgeon 112 I must cease from creature helps and carnal rites, to rest myself upon Jesus. 1918 A. Marshall xvii. 244 It was the right relationship in his view, and he could rest himself upon it, as the conviction strengthened itself that it was based upon something stable. 1949 E. Goudge iii. viii. 433 Resting themselves upon the fact of being together they could be silent when they wanted silence, and yet be speaking to each other in their hearts. 15. 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 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. 2936 So that in reste Mihte every man his herte reste. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 23948 (MED) Bot þat in hertis hord es rest [Vesp. fest], Nedewais vte þan most it brest. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. (1823) ii They that in him their only trust do rest, O, they be rightly blest! a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 44 Cease, cease these Iarres, & rest your minds in peace. View more context for this quotation 1768 C. Smart lxxiii. 152 Let not your hearts be sunk with grief: In God you rested your belief: Believe likewise in me. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in 2nd Ser. I. 41 The hereditary jurisdictions, which..rested the investigation of crimes in judges, ignorant, partial, or interested. 1858 H. Bushnell 22 You are called to have a will perfectly harmonized with God's and rested in his. 1906 J. B. Shaw in 133 He who rests his faith in Him may sing with the utmost confidence. 1952 H. R. Fairbanks & C. P. Berkey xxii. 747 In that belief he rested his faith in the Society. 1995 B. A. Ogot in B. A. Ogot & W. R. Ochieng' iii. 57 He rejected, as selfish, oppressive, discriminative and undemocratic, any system resting power in the hands of a few immigrant aristocrats. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from [verb (transitive)] > depend on > cause to depend on c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 65 Strength valith not where counceill is not, for strengthe is soon ouerthrowen, if it be not restid vppon the yifte of counceill. a1667 W. Thomas in (1681) Ep. to Rdr. sig. b4 If any will rest a matter of so great a moment upon Ecclesiastical constitution, [etc.]. 1733 A. Pope ii. i. 19 This is my Plea, on this I rest my Cause. 1793 J. Smeaton (ed. 2) §255 It was determined not to rest the matter solely upon the efforts of our seamen. 1832 G. C. Lewis vi. 56 The point on which he intended to rest the distinction. 1885 80 136/2 The plaintiff in her statement of claim..rested her case on equitable grounds. 1926 12 473 History is at one with science in resting its conclusions on observation. 1989 J. D. Sutherland vi. 154 The success of the analysis is rested on the relationship with the therapist. 2005 R. Bornat vii. 118 Programmers, it seems to me, have to rest their claims on proof. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > depend 1530 J. Palsgrave Introd. 26 The chefest poynt..resteth upon the knowledge of the gendre and nombre of the substantyve. a1638 R. Brownlow (1651) 203 The Case rests upon this doubt. 1670 T. Blount 170 The Point rests upon this: If Tenure in Burgage, be a Tenure in Socage. a1704 J. Locke Conduct of Understanding §15 in (1706) 54 Sometimes it rests upon Testimony. 1782 F. Burney II. iii. vi. 83 All his hopes now rested upon one friend and patron. 1821 W. Scott I. vii. 161 Thus establishing in him an interest resting both on present and past services. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. v. 662 The case against him rested wholly on the evidence of Rumsey and Goodenough. 1884 F. Temple (1885) ii. 63 Science rests on phenomena observed by the senses. 1918 A. G. Gardiner 58 It did not rest upon fact. 1958 22 Aug. 248/3 The success of the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet rests on the application to dancing of the Stanislavsky technique. 2005 17 Jan. 86/1 The murder mystery rests on the premise that the Catholic Church, through the Opus Dei, sends out hit men to kill the people who know the truth. 16. the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)] 1429 in H. Nicolas (1834) III. 332 (MED) Þe said meenes reste in two þinges. 1443 in A. T. Bannister (1919) 253 (MED) The getyng and chieving of victories..resteth not principalli in mannes wisdom or strength. 1530 J. Palsgrave Introd. 15 The diffyculte of the frenche tong..resteth chefely in thre thynges. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More sig. Liiiiv Pleasure, wherin they determine other all or the chiefyste parte of mans felycytye to reste. ?1602 (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 2 Heerin the matter rests. 1616 J. Bingham in tr. Ælian xxviii. 131 This stratagem of Scipio resteth principally in shifting his best men (the Romans) into the winges. 1749 D. Hartley i. ii. 166 This Desire rests chiefly in the sensual Gratification, and the Beauty of the Person. 1790 J. Thomson III. lii. 128 I rushed inconsiderately and irreligiously into an act of fury, and wantonly despoiled the image of my Maker. Herein rests my self-condemnation. 1845 C. Darwin (1909) 82 This [sc. a ditch] would..have been of little avail, if the Indians had come; but his chief comfort seemed to rest in the thought of selling his life dearly. 1880 J. Caird 2 So far from resting in what is finite and relative, the peculiar domain of philosophy is absolute truth. 1996 P. Jalland 171 The only possible comfort seemed to rest in the thought that Jessy had moved to a better place while she was still quite pure. society > law > legal right > [verb (intransitive)] > be vested as a right ?a1475 (1922) 281 (MED) Sere pylat, þe law restyth in þe. 1484 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §3. m. 7 That the right and title..of and in all suche londes..be and rest in every of the said wyfes. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. v. f. 78v/1, in R. Holinshed I The gift of this prelacy resteth in ye Erles of Darby. a1647 T. Habington (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. ii. 168 Cofton Haket came..to Mr. Skinner, in whose family nowe it restethe. 1769 II. 229 George, elector of Hanover, was, 1706, created Duke and Marquis of Cambridge, &c. and who, 1714, ascended the throne of Great Britain; so this title rests in the crown. 1793 A. Serle 106 The title, which always rests in Christ, as its proper foundation, is extended with all its happy effects unto them. 1814 C. S. M. Bury 10 Apr. (1838) I. 318 The power which rests in those who have delivered the nations from bondage, is a power that is delegated to them from Heaven. 1876 50 102 The husband and wife take a joint estate, and it rests absolutely in the survivor. 1901 62 580 The title to this property rests in the defendant below. 1950 A. J. Peaslee I. 6 The concept that sovereignty rests in the people. 2000 P. Somerville v. 122 In the case of national authority, monarchical power rests in the state itself. society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > be under responsibility [verb (intransitive)] > remain with one as a responsibility 1523 J. Skelton sig. C.iijv The answere restyth in my handis. 1567 W. Painter II. xxxiii. f. 406v It resteth in you bothe to holde vp your hande, and keepe your promise. 1601 S. Daniel Ciuill Warres (rev. ed.) vi. lxxiv. f. 92v, in It restes within your iudgmentes to vpright, Or els to ruine vtterly the land. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 45 What you command, that rests in me to doe. View more context for this quotation 1720 J. Mottley ii. 21 It rests in you To make the Princess yours. 1784 T. Holcroft p. i Far be it..from the Author to insinuate in what degree he is intitled to this kind of praise; that Decision rests with the Public. 1819 P. B. Shelley iv. ii. 66 As to the how this act Be warranted, it rests with you. 1867 J. Ruskin §98 Always to think of things as they truly are..as far as in us rests. And it does rest much in our power. 1874 J. R. Green vi. §5. 317 The whole direction of home and foreign affairs rested with Wolsey alone. 1918 25 Feb. 9/5 You must not tear off meat coupons yourself. This duty rests with the retailer. 1953 P. Gallico vi. 42 The final responsibility for her actions will then rest with her. 1999 D. G. Cunningham Owens x. 278 It now rests with you to record your findings in your chosen format. Phrasesc1330 (?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch.) in J. Zupitza (1891) 640 (MED) Y ne schel reste niȝt ne day, Til ich wite whar he ware. a1400 (c1250) (Egerton) (1966) l. 326 (MED) Ne shal y rest nyȝt ne day..Tyl y haue my lemmon founde. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1904) I. l. 339 Thou wost neuere resten ne dwelle, Tyl mannes Feleschepe ȝe comen vntylle. c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 263 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 433 Þane ferlyt he, & wald nocht ryst til he agane come to þe fyrst. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lxiv. 220 He went, & restyd not tyll he cam to Burdeux. 1594 T. Nashe sig. N4 v Murder is wide-mouthd, and will not let God rest till he grant reuenge. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 32 I cannot rest, Vntill the White Rose that I weare, be dy'de [etc.] . View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh (1650) sig. Fviijv They rested not untill they had made the Empire stand headlesse about seaventeene years. 1759 S. Johnson II. xxix. 38 I have often heard of the Pyramids, and shall not rest, till I have seen them. 1782 F. Burney IV. vii. v. 64 I hastily set out for Suffolk, and rested not till I arrived at Mrs. Charlton's. 1782 F. Burney V. ix. iv. 76 I could not rest till I had the honour of assuring you [etc.]. 1819 Jas. Morton in 5 He never rested until he had obtained this literary treasure. 1859 H. C. Watson in (1887) II. 226 I could not rest till I had galloped through the whole. 1936 Sept. 296/1 A tireless film director who was forever having ideas and would not rest until they were put into effect successfully. 1949 C. P. Snow iv. 38 At home my mother could not rest until my father got a job. 1995 E. Toman i. 45 They won't rest till they've killed someone. the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > free from trouble, care, or sorrow [phrase] > make free from trouble, care, or sorrow a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 2107 (MED) O maister, maister, god þi soule reste! 1546 J. Heywood i. x. sig. D My syster (god rest her soule) whom though I bost, Was cald the floure of honestee in this coste. 1595 ‘J. Dando’ & ‘H. Runt’ sig. C Crie out and complaine for the losse of this good landlordes worship, God rest his soule. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 67 Is my boy God rest his soule aliue or dead. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 229 Not for their owne demerits..Fell slaughter on their soules: Heauen rest them now. View more context for this quotation 1678 T. Porter v. 46 Your rich Unkle at Madrid, Senior Fabricio, God rest his Soul, is dead. 1764 H. Walpole i. 36 We might meet the ghost of my young Lord, your Highness's son, God rest his soul, as he has not received christian burial. 1777 S. J. Pratt VI. cxxxii. 130 There are a set of fellows who are not worth a resurrection, and therefore God rest 'em and rot 'em for us. 1805 W. Scott Introd. 6 And he began to talk, anon..of Earl Walter, rest him God! 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in 3rd Ser. II. 156 Fill a brimmer of my auld auntie's claret, rest her heart! 1875 Ld. Tennyson i. v. 36 My good mother came (God rest her soul) Of Spain. 1920 Aug. 5/1 Out in the business world he'd found, thanks to his father, old Hiram Tubb—heaven rest his soul!—that the name Tubb commanded respect. 1951 S. H. Bell i. xii. 92 Sure I've been going to Belfast market ever since I was the height av two peats. I went first wi' my da, God rest him, five-and-forty years ago. 2007 L. Bowers vii. 68 Lord knows, Polly doesn't want to do anything that may upset his memory, God rest his soul. P3. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > expressions of good wishes c1300 (c1250) (Cambr.) (1966) l. 158 So him sede child Floriz: ‘Rest þe murie, sire Daris.’] 1548 T. Cooper (rev. ed.) Aue, bee thou gladde: or ioyfull, as the vulgare people saie Reste you mery. ?c1565 (new ed.) sig. A.iii Our lord of Heuen and swete sainte Ihone Rest you merye my maisters euerychone. 1597 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 83 Rest you merrie . View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 57 Rest you faire good signior, Your worship was the last man in our mouthes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 64 But I will hope of better deeds to morrow. Rest you happy . View more context for this quotation 1663 A. Cowley ii. viii. 26 Help me into my Bed; rest you merry, Gentlemen. 1706 T. Baker iv. ii. 45 Rest you merry, good People. 1774 J. Burgoyne i. ii. 14 Rest you merry, Master Carpenter—take a draught of the 'Squire's liquor, and welcome, you shall swim in it, when all is over. 1823 W. Scott I. ii. 31 ‘Rest you merry, fair master,’ said the youth. 1896 N. Hopper 29 Then rest you merry, through heat and cold, Sweet lips of cherry, sweet heart of gold. 1912 L. A. Harker x. 188 Get strong and rest you merry. And here is the Wordsworth; tell me when you find your poem. 1956 S. O'Casey i. iii. 114 Mr. Coward is afraid to put Post Mortem..on the stage because, rest you merry, it would be unsuccessful in making money. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > expressions of good wishes 1534 N. Udall f. 73 Amice salue. Good felow god you saue, or o louynge frende god rest you mery. 1568 U. Fulwell sig. D.iii God rest you mery bothe and God be your guide. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 58 God rest you merry sir. View more context for this quotation 1803 S. J. Pratt (ed. 2) III. iv. 36 Many a time-embrowned ditty, as well moral as professional; such as ‘God rest you, merry Gentlemen’ [etc.]. 1961 O. Nash 102 God rest you, merry Innocents, While innocence endures.] ?a1534 [see sense 3d]. 1568 E. Dering ii. 190 Sure it is, he could not fall on him, when he was couered with moulde, and sith the matter is no weightier, let it rest for me. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 121 Nay, let it [sc. the quarrel] rest where it began at first. View more context for this quotation 1696 W. Nicolson 95 There I am willing to let the matter rest. 1769 I. Bickerstaff ii. v. 34 Abate of your authority, and let the matter rest a while. 1794 R. J. Sulivan II. xli. 196 I think we had better let the matter rest till further experiments are made. 1842 T. Young iii. 33 It is a custom to let their quarrels rest until they get inflamed by their filthy mushla. 1895 Sept. 508/2 Ralph pleaded on the other, alleging that it was not just to the Kentuckian to let the matter rest as it was. 1951 S. H. Bell ii. xviii. 212 Let the thing rest, for the mair ye tramp in dung, the mair ye spread it around. 2004 D. Freeman x. 193 Why couldn't he just let it rest? P6. British. 1775 S. Johnson 371 In the middle, at the top of the hill, is a seat with this inscription, Rest, and be thankful. 1835 W. Wordsworth 20 (title of poem) Rest and be thankful. 1865 Apr. 522/1 He rests and is thankful, only to gather breath, after which he is ready to go as far in the way of change as can be expected of him. 1906 F. Moss 256 As our minutes are swiftly flying, let us note the passing scene as we rest and are thankful. 1961 P. Redgrove 39 So I rest, and am thankful. 2001 A. B. Curtiss xix. 407 When she is in despair she knows that I am feeling calm with the day's work over, and the time to rest and be thankful. 1830 R. Walsh II. 177 The glen was of great extent, with rugged stratified rocks rising at each side to a vast height, like Glencrow, in Argyleshire; but there was ‘no rest and be thankful’ road to lead us out of it. 1843 114 They set themselves down upon a rest-and-be-thankful stone to survey the glen. 1894 15 Sept. 3/1 A few who adopt rather too much of the rest-and-be-thankful principle. 1919 H. M. Hyndman v. 58 The scathing sarcasm and biting irony of Rochefort failed to produce any serious effect upon the smug stolidity of the rest-and-be-thankful representatives of the French middle class. 2005 T. Otte vii. 114/2 Once the transitional stage of labour is complete, there will be a ‘rest and be thankful’ phase before the pushing stage. 1829 N. L. Beamish I. x. 208 My dear Mrs. Sum, I assure you that I was not asleep; I was only resting my eyes. 1913 July 120/2 Sometimes you would think he would be resting his eyes, as some railroad men say when they deny being asleep. 1954 22 May 6/4 The somnolence of which a commentator had accused him was nothing of the kind—only an attempt to rest tired eyes affected by the lighting in the Chamber. 2005 C. Castellani 194 ‘You mind if I rest my eyes for a while?’ he asked, as he lay on the couch and propped his feet on the cushions. P9. 1975 L. Dills 50 Rest 'em up place, rest area (SE). 1976 J. K. Lieberman & N. S. Rhodes vi. 157 Hey, we just spotted a smokey at that rest'em up area. Phrasal verbs to rest up Chiefly U.S.the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] > rest 1858 ‘R. S. R.’ xxii. 147 There are there sweet spots,..Sweet spots to rest up, and droop our wings. 1895 ‘M. Twain’ in Aug. 458 The other inquisitor could absent himself and rest up from his fatigues when he got worn out. 1918 W. J. Locke xix. 239 They packed me home for a fortnight to rest up—while the regiment, what there's left of it, went into reserve. 1949 N. Streatfeild xi. 127 She said..she was going to rest-up; I expect that means bed. 1965 M. Shadbolt xxii. 210 Now it was just a place for shooters and trampers to rest up. 2003 G. Kolata v. 113 I should have rested up more, carbo-depleted less, and taken a little protein on the run. the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease temporarily > give rest to 1863 H. O'Brien ii. 9 Aunt Betsy regaled herself with this pleasant beverage which seemed, as she often remarked, ‘to rest her up after the cares of the day’. 1898 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 16 Aug. in (1960) 676 We are leaving..for Ischl..to rest-up Mrs. Clemens. 1934 G. C. Tyler viii. 224 The man'll die if he doesn't get some sleep. Take him away to a Turkish bath and rest him up. 1974 ‘J. le Carré’ xxviii. 241 They're resting you up for a season. 1998 K. B. Saunders 176 I needed to rest up my sore foot anyhow so I turned my hand back to writing again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). restv.2 Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French rester ; arrest v.; rest n.2 Etymology: Probably partly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French rester to stop, halt, cease (second half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman and Old French), to remain where one is, to resist, withstand (both second half of the 12th cent.), to arrest, apprehend (first half of the 14th cent.; specific uses of rester rest v.3), partly (in later use) aphetic < arrest v., and partly (especially in sense 4) < rest n.2 (compare rest n.2 2a). Compare post-classical Latin restare to arrest, seize (13th cent. in British sources). Compare restay v. and later reest v.3 Compare also rest v.3The α. and β. forms reflect the variable output (respectively, short and long) of open e before st in loanwords from French (compare beast n., crest n.1, feast n., etc.; the long vowel is more usually characteristic of nouns than verbs: see R. Jordan Handb. der mittelenglischen Grammatik (1934) §§220, 225). For examples of β. forms in senses 2a and 3 (which are now largely confined to Scots and English regional (northern) use) see reest v.3 With sense 4 compare earlier rested adj.2 Now regional (chiefly Scottish). 1. society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] a1325 (2011) xiii. 68 Ȝif ani vncouz passez þereþoru, sal be aresteid forte amorue... Ant ȝif a nellez noȝt suffri to ben resteid, reren cri ant outheste open hoem. ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford (1940) 22448 (MED) Behinde he comes opon walwan, He walde him haf rested and tane. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner (1876) 158 (MED) He restyde many worthy men of the cytte. ?1515 (de Worde) sig. B.iiiiv Than was I rested and brought in pryson. ?1518 A. Barclay sig. Biiij Some rest men gyltles, and cast them in pryson. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iv. 3 Ile giue thee..so much money To warrant thee as I am rested for. View more context for this quotation 1622 S. Rowlands sig. D2 v They'le salute you with a frightfull phrase As, Gentleman, at such a suit I rest you. 1870 Sept. 490/1 'Well,..I was 'rested; pray, what is the charge? 1907 W. N. Harben xiii. 99 ‘What you 'rest me fer?’ Pete asked, still doggedly. ‘You are accused of killing the Johnsons last night.’ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt 1518 in J. Imrie et al. (1960) 48 Thome Jhonstone..persewit Adam Jonkesone, wobster, of certane clath restit in his hand..the quhilk Adam grantit the restment. 1536 in F. C. H. Blair (1886) I. 99 Quhilk corn was reist and under fens for his mayll and dewiteis of the said land. 1565 in J. Cranstoun (1891) I. i. 590 I rested there goodes and disposed there landes. c1573 in J. Raine (1845) 259 Such geir as he had restyd of the Egipcians concerning the corsinge of a horse. 1620 in L. B. Taylor (1942) I. 182 Be that meanes our nichtbours micht be michtelie preiudgit and thair goods taken, stolen and rested from thame. 1668 in C. B. Gunn (1905) 53 Foure sheip..perteining to Robert Cromby..wreisted in his hands till that action depending..be legally discussed. 1868 J. Salmon i. ii The chiel that gaed to 'reest his guids for debt. 1911 A. Warrack 454/2 Rest,..to arrest, distrain for debt. 1929 Miss Chessar in at Reest v.2 [Aberdeenshire] The Shirra's officiar cam an' reeshtit a stirk for the rent. †2. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] a1398 [implied in: J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 90 Whan bodyes beþ nouȝt ful clansid in þe restinge [v.r. resting; L. quietem] of þe feuere. (at resting n.3)]. c1500 (1895) 356 And it came to an article where he vnderstod that x s. were payed euery yere... He anone rested there and asked [etc.]. c1580 ( tr. (1921) II. ii. l. 1507 His barrounes..restit at the water of Fare [Fr. ses barons..sus la roche..se vont arrestant]. the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > be absorbed in [verb (intransitive)] the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (intransitive)] > dwell upon a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 62 (MED) I woll not reste [Fr. ne m'arreste] at thi discordes, for argumentis and silogismes be closid owte of my boundes. a1584 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (Ruthven) (1959) ix. vii. 321 (note) [Bot Nysus..on Volscens alanerly] he restis [Thocht round abowt with ennemys he prest is]. 1615 P. Simson II. iv. ii. 31 In the third centurie wee rested at the name of Achillas, Bishop of Alexandria. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > form judgement, decide [verb (intransitive)] 1530 J. Palsgrave 689/1 I rest, or conclude, or byde upon a thyng, Je me arreste. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to a1450 (1885) 481 (MED) Ther rancoure was raised, no renke might it reste. 1471 in T. Wright (1861) II. 278 (MED) God restid thayre malice, the wille of hym was soo. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Adv. 19.2.3) i. l. 402 And ranys riche befor þan rested [rhyme bristed]. a1586 King Hart l. 192 in W. A. Craigie (1919) I. 260 For and ȝe prik amang thir folk of pryde A pane ȝe salbe restit be the way. 1607 C. Lever sig. D4 Please it them rest their trauells heere to day, To morrow they their message may present. 1902 A. Wardrop 43 Rest ye there, Peggie; rest ye. society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > thrust a spear > put spear or lance in rest 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi 77 The Corse Captaine..ranne with his launce rested fully at him [It. arresto contra di lui]. 1712 T. Uvedale tr. P. de Commynes II. viii. vi. 835 When they should have rested their Lances, their Hearts fail'd, and they put themselves in disorder. 1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto II. xxvi. xiii. 39 They both of them rested their lances soon [It. la lancia in resta l'uno e l'altro pone], And to the traitor both their stokes convey. 1825 J. Hogg ii. 67 At first one warrior cross'd my way, Resting his lance to make me stay. 1857 J. S. Blackie 320 Love shoots sudden glance for glance, Spurs the steed and rests the lance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). restv.3Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French rester; Latin restāre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French rester (French rester ) (of things) to remain in the same situation or condition (c1230 in Old French; compare rest v.2 for earlier senses in Anglo-Norman and Old French), (of a sum of money, etc.) to remain due (1382), to remain in existence, be left over after the removal, use, or destruction of some part, number, etc. (a1410) and its etymon classical Latin restāre to remain where one is, to hold one's ground, resist, to be left unchanged, remain, to survive, to be left as a residue, to be left in a specified condition, to remain to be dealt with, to lie in store < re- re- prefix + stāre to stand (see stand v.). Compare rest n.3 Compare also earlier rest v.2 In modern use remain is often preferred.Compare Old Occitan restar (12th cent.), Catalan restar (14th cent.), Spanish restar (1490), Portuguese restar (a1590), Italian restare (13th cent.; also ristare (end of the 13th cent.)). Compare also Middle Dutch resten (Dutch resten), Middle Low German resten, German resten, Swedish resta, Danish reste (now chiefly regional). The form reast is attested in a single instance, and is corrected to rest in a later edition of the same work. 1. Chiefly Scottish. Cf. to rest owing at Phrases. society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > be unpaid (of money, wages, etc.) [verb (intransitive)] > remain unpaid c1456 Rec. Burgh Edinb. f. 2, in at Rest And sua restis alanerlie xl s. to be pait within a ȝere as said is. 1463 VII. 165 (note) Certane soumes of moneye restande upon oure lovete familiar clerk..that time that he was oure chaumerlane. 1590 in (1896) 32 118 [Received] in part..xs.; restes, xxs. iiijd. 1591 G. Fletcher xiv. f. 51 v If this money rest vnpayed after that day, then hee shall giue interest vpon the sayd money. 1600 (1790) 33 That..his Hienes may see the said Erle satisfeit of the saidis superexpensis, restane be his Majestie to his said umquhill father. 1640 in J. Nicholson 25 Aug. (1855) 31 Being requirit to put out the troupe horss restand by that paroche, [he] refuissit to doe the samyn. 1698 (1814) X. 152 Resolved that they will be carefull to have the forsaid arrears and debts payed in so far as they are still resting. 1730 in H. Paton (1931) 412 Sums of money that shall be found restand to the said Session. a1781 R. Watson (1783) iii. 182 Considerable arrears being now resting to the soldiers. 1836 D. Maclaren (ed. 2) 26 Empowering the collectors to enforce payment of all arrears resting. society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] 1503 Edinb. Hammermen f. 46v, in (at cited word) Gevin to Leonerd for the said Johnys bellis couering iiij s. at he restit in my hand & to Sanct Loye vj s. 1586 in (1896) 32 76 Hew chamier restes for wares, xvjs. ijd. Barbarie beane restes for wares, iijs. 1666 in A. Peterkin (1822) I. 189 The sheriffdom of Orkney and Zetland were..resting 22 months mentenance. 1680 in A. W. C. Hallen (1894) 48 I rest him nothing at this minut. a1774 R. Fergusson (1785) 225 I'm restin you a pint o' yale. 1787 J. Beattie 77 He rests me nothing. 1808 J. Jamieson (at cited word) What am I restand you? How much do I owe you? 1844 J. Ballantyne xvi The said firm were resting and owing the sum of £— to the said Messrs Chance, Snacks & Co. 2. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > remain or be left [verb (intransitive)] > remain or survive 1463 in F. W. Weaver (1901) 199 (MED) That my land..neuer departe fro you unto the tyme this..my wille, with that which restes in the keping of the abbat of Glastonbury, be performed. 1495 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §2. m. 2 As by their severall grauntes resting of record more pleynly apperith. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) II. 261 Ane castell callit Doun-bervie, Quhairof the fundament restis ȝit to se. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 29 In quhilke onlie..war the quhyte kye fund, of quhilkes now restes verie few, or nane. 1602 J. Marston iii. sig. Ev Alas, what country rests, What sonne, what comfort that she can depriue? 1711 M. Prior 670 What rests of both, one sepulchre shall hold. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer III. ix. 480 My beauteous Captives thither I'll convey, And all that rests of my unravish'd Prey. 1815 W. Scott i. xx. 28 For if a hope of safety rest, 'Tis on the sacred name of guest. 1867 J. Ingelow iii. 271 A helm for covering of the scars That seamed what rested of a goodly face. 1908 F. Harrison xi. 239 Nothing rests of the empire but its debt, its conspirators, and its legacy of confusion. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > remain or be left [verb (intransitive)] a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 9 (MED) She departith that treasour so that ther restith nothyng but a bare place. 1530 J. Palsgrave 688/2 Al that resteth, take it for your selfe. 1543 R. Record ii. sig. S.v Then take I 100 twyse from 300, and there resteth 100. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay ii. xx. 57 b If the moneye..for the poore is not there bestowed, the almes masters do send yt which resteth into the hospitals of the Leapers. 1647 W. Lilly v. 43 Substract 20 degr. 54 min. from 30 degr..., and there rest 9 degr. 6 min. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in 365 By this the Vessel half her Course had run, And as much rested till the rising Sun. 1706 W. Jones 16 If the Subducend be taken from the Minuend, there rests the Remainder. 1751 T. Mayoh 62 Subtract 45 l. from 60 l. resteth 15 l. and so much the Factor's Person's esteed at. 3. the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue 1474–5 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 3rd Roll §53. m. 4 For every moneth..that the same defaute resteth and abideth uncorrected. 1488 in M. Oppenheim (1896) 81 The said William Comersall restith accomptable to the Kyng. 1545 in J. H. Burton (1877) 1st Ser. I. 6 Quhat is payt thairof and quhat restis unpayt. a1592 R. Greene (1594) sig. Biv As one thats newter..And couets to rest equall frends to both. 1611 in J. A. Picton (1883) I. 157 And so rested due unto him xivli. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil 16 Both have won, or both deserv'd the Prize. Rest equal happy both. 1785 W. Cowper iii. 217 Neither can I rest A silent witness of the headlong rage. 1849 M. Arnold 14 Fool, if thou canst not pass her, rest her slave. 1862 M. E. Braddon II. ii. 14 To let his son's fate rest a dark and cruel mystery. 1913 H. R. Jordan xxiii. 338 The reason..must rest a problem, interesting yet insoluble. the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > be free from trouble, care, or sorrow [verb (intransitive)] the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > be convinced or satisfied [verb (intransitive)] 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin iii. ii. f. 111 The hearte of man, as it wauereth with perpetuall doubting, is farre from resting assured in that persuasion. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iii. 17 That I may rest assur'd Whether yond Troopes, are Friend or Enemy. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil 535 After such a Lord, I rest secure, Thou wilt no foreign Reins, or Trojan Load, endure. 1782 F. Burney I. i. xi. 144 The account..determined her not to rest satisfied till she saw them [sc. injuries] redressed. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato I. 34 To rest assured that the more wise and temperate you are, the happier you will be. 1872 J. L. Sanford 394 His mind was much too active and powerful to rest satisfied. 1917 Oct. 1 So readers may rest assured they will git value for their oscar. 1959 2 July 37/1 To achieve the truly national in Norwegian music they should not rest content to quote springars and hallings, and other dances. 1995 K. Ishiguro xxix. 431 You can rest assured, Miss Collins, that I will do everything I can to comfort him. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > conventional or deferential 1572 Earl of Lennox Let. 20 May in (1871) III. lxiii In the menne tim in harty good will I rest yowr Lordshippes vnfainedly. 1578 J. Florio f. 45 v I Humbly kisse your hands, and rest your seruant. 1580 J. Lyly (new ed.) f. 71v Thus..resting thy friend if thou rest thy sute, I ende. 1590 Sir H. Lee in (1888) 51 172 So I umbly take my leve,..restyng to serve you as your Lordshipe hathe moste bounde me. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher v. i. 55 Many good nights, my Lord, I rest your seruant. View more context for this quotation 1661 A. Marvell Let. 7 Mar. in (1971) II. 20 I shall giue you a larger trouble; in the mean time resting Your most affectionate [etc.]. 1765 L. Sterne VIII. xxxiv. 154 I rest thy affectionate brother, Walter Shandy. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in 2nd Ser. IV. 229 I rest your affectionate sister, E. 1826 W. Scott III. iii. 63 I kiss your hand, sir, and rest yours, under a sense of obligation. 1853 R. Bigsby i. iii. 39 So I rest your servant... Farewell, sir, for the present. 4. the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > do nothing [verb (intransitive)] > remain to be done the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [phrase] > left after what has been done 1479 Earl Rivers tr. (Caxton) iii. ii Nowe to procede folowyngly by ordre it resteth to be expouned how there be many and diuerse afflictions geuen by the soldeours of helle. 1490 W. Caxton tr. lviii. 156 The conuenauntes were deuysed and made and theyre rested nothynge but for to goo bothe togyder. 1530 J. Palsgrave 21 Nowe..resteth to shewe..howe they sounde theyr consonantes. 1547 J. Harrison D vij b There restethe to disproue the fayned alligacions of the contrary part. 1563 B. Googe sig. E.viii What resteth now? but onely God to prayse. 1591 i. sig. G It resteth we throughout our Territories Be reproclaimed and inuested King. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxix. 3 in (1998) II. 199 This now resteth that I learne..Good from euill to discerne. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 219 There resteth to speake, how they are to be brideled. 1667 J. Milton x. 48 Now What rests, but that the mortal Sentence pass On his transgression. View more context for this quotation 1683 W. Penn in R. Burton (1685) 121 There rests, that I speak of the Condition we are in. 1693 50 Now there rested nothing..but only the Suppression of Malcolm King of Scots. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in 557 It rested to dismiss the downward weight, Or raise him upward to his former height. 1728 L. Theobald iii. iii. 36 Now there rests Nought, but that we part, and each Take sev'ral Ways in Quest of our lost Friends. 1731 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Georgicks ii, in tr. Virgil I. 155 Your Plants now set in Earth, It rests to draw the Mold oft round their Roots. 1828 J. Riland x. 161 Now it rests only, that you think upon the death and passion of our dear Saviour. 1856 ‘F. Forester’ 232 There rests only to be named the great Scottish deer-hound, perhaps the noblest of all dogs. 1883 N. H. Thomson tr. N. Machiavelli iii. xxii. 419 It rests now to determine which of these two methods is the more to be commended. 1901 102 When the wished-for end has been attained There rests to pay the toll. 2002 12 545 Now it rests only to choose m as large as necessary to make the oriented percolation supercritical. the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > do nothing [verb (intransitive)] > remain to be done > remain to be dealt with a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 85 (MED) Let [read Yet] restith the fourth poynte of dispeyred hope. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger III. v. ii. sig. Bbbb.viijv/1 Those thinges whiche rest to bee spoken of the Catholique Churche of God. 1605 F. Bacon ii. sig. Ii3v Thus haue we now dealt with two of the three beames of Mans knowledge... There resteth Radius Reflexus . View more context for this quotation 1636 J. Mellis 256 Now resteth the proofs of Multiplication, and also Diuision. Phrases Scottish (now Law). to rest owing. Usually in continuous tenses or as present participle.1474 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 12 xxxiiijli. resauit…he restis awand lij li. vi s. viij d. 1565 in (1914) 69 That I restis awand hir of thre half ȝeris feye. 1661 in M. Wood (1940) IX. 210 Agries that the constables..tak up ane accompt..what the sodgers ar resting awing to the nighbours. 1863 2 Reports 16/1 The defender denied resting owing. 1953 10 Jan. 3/1 The defender being due and resting owing to the pursuer in the sum sued for as condescended on, decree should be granted. 1491 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 180 Al offyciaris to bring in al sowmis restit awing in the rollis. 1582 Edinb. Test. XI. f. 33, in at Rest v.2 Thair wilbe ȝit restand awand me [etc.]. 1658 H. Paton (1931) 3 The penalties restand awand unpayed in his tyme. 1754 J. Erskine II. iii. vii. 343 The said debts may be thereafter proved to be resting owing. 1811 R. Bell (ed. 3) II. 311 The foresaid principal sum, interest due thereon,..and liquidate penalty and termly failures before specified, are all resting owing [1797 resting and owing], and unpaid. 1870 3rd Ser. 8 864 Admitted that the balance resting owing on the account-current kept by the now deceased Duncan M'Edward with the pursuers' branch at Nairn amounted, at 30th June 1865, to £778, 14s. 8d. 1960 29 Oct. 315/1 A balance of £27 12s. 2d. is still due and resting owing. 2005 A. D. M. Forte in E. Reid & D. L. C. Miller 134 The debt was acknowledged due and resting owing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.1eOE n.2a1387n.3?1440 adj.1381v.1eOE v.2a1325v.3c1456 |
