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Definition repose
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French reposer, from Late Latin repaus?re (“to lay at rest, quiet, also nourish, intransitive to be at rest, rest, repose”), from Latin re- (“again”) + pausare (“to pause, rest”), from pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (paűsis).
Noun
repose (countable and uncountable, plural reposes)
- (dated) rest, sleep
- quietness, ease; peace, calmness
- (geology) period between eruptions of a volcano.
Verb
repose (third-person singular simple present reposes, present participle reposing, simple past and past participle reposed)
- (intransitive) To lie at rest; to rest.
- (intransitive) To lie; to be supported.
- (transitive) To lay, to set down.
- (transitive) To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust.
- (intransitive) To reside in something.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
- (intransitive, Eastern Orthodox Church) To die, especially of a saint.
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