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Repose Very Common

Repose has 12 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

"took his repose by the swimming pool"

2

the absence of mental stress or anxiety

3

a disposition free from stress or emotion

4

Rest; sleep.

Verb
1

put or confide something in a person or thing

"These philosophers reposed the law in the people"

2

be inherent or innate in

3

lie when dead

"Mao reposes in his mausoleum"

4

lean in a comfortable resting position

"He was reposing on the couch"

5

put in a horizontal position

"lay the books on the table"

"lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

6

to put something (eg trust) in something

"The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

7

To lie at rest; to rest.

8

To pose again.

Example Sentences
"took his repose by the swimming pool" noun
"These philosophers reposed the law in the people" verb
"Mao reposes in his mausoleum" verb
"He was reposing on the couch" verb
"lay the books on the table" verb
"lay the patient carefully onto the bed" verb
"The nation reposed its confidence in the King" verb
See Also
quietness reposingly reposing calmness downsitting reposes reposal reside
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inactivity tranquillity composure put inhere in lie
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bedrest laziness lie-in quiescence leisure ataraxia rest rail lay blow bury rebury
Rhyming Words
ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose
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