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REPO'SE, v.t. s as z. [l. repono, reposui.]

1. To lay at rest.

- After the toil of battle, to repose your wearied virtue.

2. To lay; to rest, as the mind, in confidence or trust; as, to repose trust or confidence in a person's veracity.

3. To lay up; to deposit; to lodge; as pebbles reposed in cliffs.

4. To place in confidence.

REPO'SE, v.i.

1. To lie at rest; to sleep.

Within a thicket I repos'd.

2. To rest in confidence. I repose on the faith and honor of a friend.

3. To lie; to rest; as trap reposing on sand.

REPO'SE, n.

1. A lying at rest.

2. Sleep; rest; quiet.

3. Rest of mind; tranquility; freedom from uneasiness.

4. Cause of rest.

5. In poetry, a rest; a pause.

6. In painting, harmony of colors, as when nothing glaring appears.


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REPO'SE, v.t. s as z. [l. repono, reposui.]

1. To lay at rest.

- After the toil of battle, to repose your wearied virtue.

2. To lay; to rest, as the mind, in confidence or trust; as, to repose trust or confidence in a person's veracity.

3. To lay up; to deposit; to lodge; as pebbles reposed in cliffs.

4. To place in confidence.

REPO'SE, v.i.

1. To lie at rest; to sleep.

Within a thicket I repos'd.

2. To rest in confidence. I repose on the faith and honor of a friend.

3. To lie; to rest; as trap reposing on sand.

REPO'SE, n.

1. A lying at rest.

2. Sleep; rest; quiet.

3. Rest of mind; tranquility; freedom from uneasiness.

4. Cause of rest.

5. In poetry, a rest; a pause.

6. In painting, harmony of colors, as when nothing glaring appears.

RE-POSE, n. [Fr. repos.]

  1. A lying at rest.
  2. Sleep; rest; quiet. – Milton. Shak.
  3. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness.
  4. Cause of rest. After great lights must be great shadows, which we call reposes. – Dryden.
  5. In poetry, a rest; a pause. – Encyc.
  6. In painting, harmony of colors, as when nothing glaring appears. – Gilpin.

RE-POSE, v.i.

  1. To lie at rest; to sleep. Within a thicket I repos'd. – Chapman.
  2. To rest in confidence. I repose on the faith and honor of a friend.
  3. To lie to rest; as, trap reposing on sand.

RE-POSE, v.t. [s as z. Fr. reposer; re and poser, to put; It. riposare; Sp. reposar; L. repono, reposui.]

  1. To lay at rest. … After the toil of battle, to repose / Your wearied virtue. – Milton.
  2. To lay; to rest, as the mind, in confidence or trust; as, to repose trust or confidence in a person's veracity.
  3. To lay up; to deposit; to lodge; as, pebbles reposed in cliffs. – Woodward.
  4. To place in confidence.

Re*pose"
  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.     Chapman.

    Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. Woodward.

  2. To lie at rest; to rest.

    Within a thicket I reposed. Chapman.

  3. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

    Shake off the golden slumber of repose. Shak.

  4. 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. Fuller.

    After the toil of battle to repose
    Your wearied virtue.     Milton.

  5. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.

    It is upon these that the soul may repose. I. Taylor.

  6. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
  7. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.

    The king reposeth all his confidence in thee. Shak.

  8. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

    Syn. -- To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge; abide.

  9. A rest; a pause.
  10. 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.

    Syn. -- Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness; tranquillity; peace.

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Repose

REPO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin repono, reposui.]

1. To lay at rest.

- After the toil of battle, to repose your wearied virtue.

2. To lay; to rest, as the mind, in confidence or trust; as, to repose trust or confidence in a person's veracity.

3. To lay up; to deposit; to lodge; as pebbles reposed in cliffs.

4. To place in confidence.

REPO'SE, verb intransitive

1. To lie at rest; to sleep.

Within a thicket I repos'd.

2. To rest in confidence. I repose on the faith and honor of a friend.

3. To lie; to rest; as trap reposing on sand.

REPO'SE, noun

1. A lying at rest.

2. Sleep; rest; quiet.

3. Rest of mind; tranquility; freedom from uneasiness.

4. Cause of rest.

5. In poetry, a rest; a pause.

6. In painting, harmony of colors, as when nothing glaring appears.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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EYE, n. pronounced as I. [L. oculus, a diminutive. The old English plural was eyen, or eyne.]

1. The organ of sight or vision; properly, the globe or ball movable in the orbit. The eye is nearly of a spherical figure, and composed of coats or tunics. But in the term eye, we often or usually include the ball and the parts adjacent.

2. Sight; view; ocular knowledge; as, I have a man now in my eye. In this sense, the plural is more generally used.

Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you. Gal.3.

3. Look; countenance.

I'll say yon gray is not the morning's eye.

4. Front; face.

Her shall you hear disproved to your eyes.

5. Direct opposition; as, to sail in the wind's eye.

6. Aspect; regard; respect; view.

Booksellers mention with respect the authors they have printed, and consequently have an eye to their own advantage.

7. Notice; observation; vigilance; watch.

After this jealousy, he kept a strict eye upon him.

8. View of the mind; opinion formed by observation or contemplation.

It hath, in their eye, no great affinity with the form of the church of Rome.

9. Sight; view, either in a literal or figurative sense.

10. Something resembling the eye in form; as the eye of a peacock's feather.

11. A small hole or aperture; a perforation; as the eye of a needle.

12. A small catch for a hook; as we say, hooks and eyes. in nearly the same sense, the word is applied to certain fastenings in the cordage of ships.

13. The bud of a plant; a shoot.

14. A small shade of color. [Little used.]

Red with an eye of blue makes a purple.

15. The power of perception.

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. Eph.1.

16. Oversight; inspection.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

The eyes of a ship, are the parts which lie near the hawse-holes, particularly in the lower apartments.

To set the eyes on, is to see; to have a sight of.

To find favor in the eyes, is to be graciously received and treated.

EYE, n. A brood; as an eye of pheasants.

EYE, v.t. To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention.

Eye nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies.

EYE, v.i. To appear; to have an appearance.

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