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re·pose

[rəˈpōz]

noun

repose (noun)

a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility:

"in repose her face looked relaxed"

composure:

"he had lost none of his grace or his repose"

art

harmonious arrangement of colors and forms, providing a restful visual effect:

"many of the qualities of the great Piero della Francescas—the sense of grand stasis, of timeless repose—seem strongly reincarnated in this work"

verb

repose (verb) · reposes (third person present) · reposed (past tense) · reposed (past participle) · reposing (present participle)

be lying, situated, or kept in a particular place:

"the diamond now reposes in the Louvre"

lie down in rest:

"how sweetly he would repose in the four-poster bed"

literary

(repose something on/in)

lay something to rest in or on (something):

"I'll go to him, and repose our distresses on his friendly bosom"

archaic

give rest to:

"he halted to repose his wayworn soldiers"

Origin

late Middle English: from Old French repos (noun), reposer (verb), from late Latin repausare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pausare ‘to pause’.

re·pose

[rəˈpōz]

verb

(repose something in)

repose (verb) · reposes (third person present) · reposed (past tense) · reposed (past participle) · reposing (present participle)

place something, especially one's confidence or trust, in:

"we have never betrayed the trust that you have reposed in us"

Origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘put back in the same position’): from re- ‘again’ + the verb pose, suggested by Latin reponere ‘replace’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + ponere ‘to place’.