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Repose   /ripˈoʊz/   Listen
noun
Repose  n.  
1.
A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. "Shake off the golden slumber of repose."
2.
Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
3.
(Poetic) A rest; a pause.
4.
(Fine Arts) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.
Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.
Synonyms: Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness; tranquillity; peace.


verb
Repose  v. t.  (past & past part. reposed; pres. part. reposing)  
1.
To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. (Obs.) "But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In this divine cave's bosom." "Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth... are left behind."
2.
To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch. "All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons." "After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue."
3.
To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust. "The king reposeth all his confidence in thee."


Repose  v. i.  
1.
To lie at rest; to rest. "Within a thicket I reposed."
2.
Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. "It is upon these that the soul may repose."
3.
To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
Synonyms: To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge; abide.





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"Repose" Quotes from Famous Books



... was ready to tear off a few yards of repose myself, but somehow I couldn't connect. It was quiet, all right—in spots. Fact is, it was so blamed quiet that you could hear every rooster that crowed within half a mile. If a man on the other side of town shut a window you ...
— Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford
... Molinos et al.) denied the meritoriousness of good works performed in the "state of passive repose" (quies). ...
— Grace, Actual and Habitual • Joseph Pohle
... missionary there, but he reaped no fruit from his labours among his barbarous auditors. "Returning then (adds Bede) to the beloved place of his peregrination, he gave himself up to our Lord in his wonted repose; for since he could not be profitable to strangers by teaching them the faith, he took care to be the more useful to his own people by ...
— Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 • James Y. Simpson
... repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant ...
— Poems of Henry Timrod • Henry Timrod
... terrifying effect upon the auditor. The thought of God's displeasure is constantly dwelt upon—the idea of guilt, death and eternal torment. If the victims can be made to indulge in hysterical laughter occasionally, the control is better brought about. No chance is allowed for repose, poise or sane consideration. When the time seems ripe a general promise of joy is made and the music takes an adagio turn. The speaker's voice now tells of triumph—offers of forgiveness are tendered, and then the ...
— Love, Life & Work • Elbert Hubbard


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