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.