repose
UK /ɹɪˈpəʊz/ · US /ɹəˈpoʊz/ verb, noun
Forms reposes reposing reposed reposest reposedst reposeth
- verb (also figurative, archaic) To lay (someone, or part of their body) down to rest.
- verb (reflexive, archaic) To rest (oneself), especially by going to sleep.
- verb (reflexive, archaic) Followed by from or (obsolete) of: to cause (oneself) to take a rest from some activity; also, to allow (oneself) to recover from some activity.
- verb (also figurative) To give (someone) rest; to refresh (someone) by giving rest.
- verb (reflexive) To cause (oneself) to have faith in or rely on someone or something.
- verb (rare) To give (someone) accommodation for the night.
- verb (also figurative) To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.
- verb (figurative, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy, of a saint) To die, to rest in peace. “Simon reposed in the year 1287.”
- noun (uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.
- noun (uncountable) Of the Virgin Mary: death; also assumption into heaven.
- noun (countable, Eastern Orthodoxy) The festival honouring the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on August 15.
- noun (uncountable) The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.
- noun (uncountable) Calmness of the mind or temperament; composure.
- noun (uncountable) Of the face, a muscle, etc.: the state of being relaxed and not in tension.
- noun (uncountable) The state of lying still and unmoving; calmness, tranquillity; (countable) an instance of this.
- noun (uncountable, archaic) Relief or respite from something exhausting or unpleasant; (countable) an instance of this.
- verb To place (confidence, faith, or trust) in someone or something.
- verb (chiefly passive voice) Followed by in: to entrust (duty, power, etc.) in someone; to confide.
- verb (archaic) To place (something), especially for safekeeping or storage; to deposit, to keep safe, to store.
- verb (obsolete) To regard (something) as being embodied in another thing; to ascribe, to attribute.
Synonyms
peace of mind calmness calm quietism even-mindedness inner peace presence of mind peace peacefulness phlegm quietness tranquillity equanimity composure restfulness roo self-possession serenity stillness attach rest ease relaxation heartsease ataraxis quiet placidity tranquility reside recumb
Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English reposen (“to rest”), from Anglo-Norman reposer, reposir, and Middle French reposer, from Old French reposer, repauser (“to become calm; to be peaceful; to rest; to be immobile; to lie or be placed; to cease, stop; to neglect”) (modern French reposer), from Latin repausāre, the present active infinitive of repausō (“(Late Latin) to be at rest; to lie down, rest; to sleep; to calm, pacify; (Latin) to halt temporarily, pause”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + pausō (“to cease, halt; to pause”) (from pausa (“a halt, stop; a pause; an end”), from Ancient Greek παῦσῐς (paûsĭs, “ceasing, stopping”), from παύω (paúō, “to cease; to make to cease, stop; to bring to an end; to hinder”) (further etymology uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little; smallness”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result)).
The noun is derived from Late Middle English repose, from Anglo-Norman repous, repos, and Middle French repos, repose, from Old French repos (“calm; rest; period or state of sleep; state of immobility; state of inaction”) (modern French repos), from reposer, repauser (verb) (see above).
Noun etymology 1, noun sense 12.3 (“technique of including in a painting an area or areas which are dark, indistinct, or soft in tone”) is borrowed from French repos.
Catalan reposar (verb), repòs (noun)
Italian riposare (verb), riposo (noun)
Old Occitan repausar, repauzar (verb), repaus (noun)
Portuguese repousar (verb), repouso (noun)
Spanish reposar (verb), reposo (noun)
From Middle English reposen (“to put (something) back, replace”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + posen (“to place (something)”), modelled after Latin repōnō (“to put back; to restore; to store”). Posen is derived from Old French poser (“to place, put”) (modern French poser), from Vulgar Latin pausāre, from Latin pausāre, the present active infinitive of pausō (see further at etymology 1), influenced by pōnere, the present active infinitive of pōnō (“to lay, place, put”).
Webster’s 1913
- To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.]
- To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, --often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.
- verb To lie at rest; to rest.
- verb Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
Etymology [F. reposer; L. pref. re- re- + pausare to pause. See Pause, Pose, v.]
Etymology [F. repos. See Repose, v.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “repose”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details