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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2
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Repose
REPO’SE, v.t. s as z. [l. 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, v.i.
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, n.
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.
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Chicago:
Noah Webster Jr., "Repose," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed November 7, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DKH8E6V3SRVG884.
MLA:
Webster, Noah, Jr. "Repose." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 7 Nov. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DKH8E6V3SRVG884.
Harvard:
Webster, N, 'Repose' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 7 November 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DKH8E6V3SRVG884.
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