“resteth” is a form of
rest
/ɹɛst/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms rests resting rested
- noun (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep. “I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.”
- noun (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation. “We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.”
- noun (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility. “It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.”
- noun (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion. “The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.”
- noun (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love") “She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.”
- noun (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music. “Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.”
- noun (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- noun (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion. “The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.”
- verb (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. “My day's work is over; now I will rest.”
- verb (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
- verb (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- verb (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest. “We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.”
- verb (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to. “The blame seems to rest with your father.”
- verb (intransitive) To rely or depend on. “The decision rests on getting a bank loan.”
- verb (intransitive) To be based on; to rely on something for proof or explanation
- verb (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay. “A column rests on its pedestal.”
- noun (uncountable) That which remains. “She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.”
- noun Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- noun (UK, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- verb (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way. “You can rest assured that a sick child will say when it's again ready to eat, so it won't starve and doesn't need to be cajoled into eating.”
Synonyms
sleep slumber break repose time off peace quiet roo silence stillness tranquility cradle support have a breather pause take a break take time off take time out be lie remainder balance residual residue residuum ease relaxation respite relief rest period
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Etymology
From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, of uncertain origin; possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest”) or *Hre(h₁)s- (“to flow, rush”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.
From Middle English resten, from Old English restan, from Proto-West Germanic *rastijan (“to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with Dutch rusten (“to rest”), Middle Low German resten (“to rest”), German rasten (“to rest”), Danish raste (“to rest”), Swedish rasta (“to rest”).
From Middle English reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester (“to remain”), from Latin restō (“to stay back, stay behind”), from re- + stō (“to stand”). Replaced native Middle English lave (“rest, remainder”) (from Old English lāf (“remnant, remainder”)).
From Middle English resten, from Old French rester, from Latin restō.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To arrest. [Obs.]
- noun A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
- noun Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.
- verb To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
Etymology [For arrest.]
Etymology [AS. rest, r, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r, Gr. Ransack.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “rest”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details