repose


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
repose1 /rɪˈpəʊz/
noun
  • 1 a state of restfulness or tranquillity.
  • 2 the state of being calm and composed.
verb
  • 1 lie down in rest.
  • 2 be situated or kept in a particular place.
– derivatives
reposeful adjective,
reposefully adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. repos (n.), reposer (v.), from late L. repausare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pausare ‘to pause’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
repose2 /rɪˈpəʊz/
verb (repose something in) place something, especially one's confidence or trust, in.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘put back in the same position’): from re- + pose1, suggested by L. reponere ‘replace’.
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