Repose

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repose \Re*pose"\ (r[-e]*p[=o]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reposed}
     (-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reposing}.] [F. reposer; L. pref.
     re- re- + pausare to pause. See {Pause}, {Pose}, v.]
     1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to
        deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.]
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              But these thy fortunes let us straight repose
              In this divine cave's bosom.          --Chapman.
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              Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth .
              . . are left behind.                  --Woodward.
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     2. 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.
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              All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop
              did present his majesty to the lords and commons.
                                                    --Fuller.
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              After the toil of battle to repose
              Your wearied virtue.                  --Milton.
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     3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
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              The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
                                                    --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repose \Re*pose"\, n. [F. repos. See {Repose}, v.]
     1. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
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              Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak.
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     2. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also,
        a composed manner or deportment.
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     3. (Poetic) A rest; a pause.
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     4. (Fine Arts) That harmony or moderation which affords rest
        for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of
        a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to
        anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want
        repose.
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     {Angle of repose} (Physics), the inclination of a plane at
        which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or
        if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform
        velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth
        will stand when abandoned to themselves.
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     Syn: Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness;
          tranquillity; peace.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repose \Re*pose"\, v. i.
     1. To lie at rest; to rest.
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              Within a thicket I reposed.           --Chapman.
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     2. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety
        or alarms.
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              It is upon these that the soul may repose. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
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     3. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
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     Syn: To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge;
          abide.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Angle \An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle,
     corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked,
     angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook,
     G. angel, and F. anchor.]
     1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a
        corner; a nook.
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              Into the utmost angle of the world.   --Spenser.
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              To search the tenderest angles of the heart.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. (Geom.)
        (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
        (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines
            meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
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     3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
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              Though but an angle reached him of the stone.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological
        "houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish,
        consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a
        rod.
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              Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.
                                                    --Shak.
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              A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.
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     {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than
        90[deg].
  
     {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg
        common to both angles.
  
     {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}.
  
     {Angle bar}.
        (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of
            a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight.
        (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}.
  
     {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle
        of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of
        a wall.
  
     {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an
        interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse
        and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.
  
     {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having
        one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or
        connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to
        which it is riveted.
  
     {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or
        less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to
        strengthen an angle.
  
     {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for
        ascertaining the dip of strata.
  
     {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a
        capital or base, or both.
  
     {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines.
  
     {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any
        right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or
        lengthened.
  
     {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}.
  
     {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined
        figure.
  
     {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved
        line.
  
     {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a
        right angle.
  
     {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than
        90[deg].
  
     {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}.
  
     {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right
        lines.
  
     {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another
        perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a
        quarter circle).
  
     {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or
        more plane angles at one point.
  
     {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of
        great circles, which mutually cut one another on the
        surface of a globe or sphere.
  
     {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two
        straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object
        to the center of the eye.
  
     {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence},
     {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction},
        see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection},
        {Refraction}, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  repose
       n 1: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
            "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: {rest}, {ease},
             {relaxation}]
       2: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: {peace}, {peacefulness},
           {peace of mind}, {serenity}, {heartsease}, {ataraxis}]
       3: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: {quiet}, {placidity},
           {serenity}, {tranquillity}, {tranquility}]
       v 1: put or confide something in a person or thing; "These
            philosophers reposed the law in the people"
       2: be inherent or innate in; [syn: {rest}, {reside}]
       3: lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
       4: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on
          the couch" [syn: {recumb}, {recline}]
       5: put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table";
          "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: {lay}, {put
          down}]
       6: to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation
          reposed its confidence in the King"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  215 Moby Thesaurus words for "repose":
     abide, abide in, abnegation, abstinence, accubation, accumbency,
     ataraxia, ataraxy, be, be coextensive with, be comprised in,
     be constituted by, be contained in, be found, be located,
     be present in, be situated, be still, beauty sleep, bed, bed down,
     beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, calm, calmness, catnap,
     coast, comfort, composure, confide in, conservatism, consist in,
     constraint, contemplation, continence, control, convenience, cool,
     couch, crawl, curl up, decumbency, deem trustworthy, depend on,
     deposit, dispassion, doze, dreamland, drowse, dwell in, ease,
     equanimity, evenness, exist in, fitful sleep, forty winks,
     free time, freedom, freeze, gentleness, go to bed, go to rest,
     golden mean, goof-off time, grovel, happy medium, hibernation,
     idle hours, impartiality, imperturbability, inactivity, inhabit,
     inhere in, judiciousness, juste-milieu, keep quiet, land of Nod,
     lay, lay down, leisure, lenity, lie, lie down, lie flat, lie in,
     lie limply, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie still, light sleep,
     lodge, loll, lounge, lounging, lucid stillness, lying, mark time,
     marmoreal repose, meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness,
     moderation, moderationism, nap, neutrality, nirvana, nonviolence,
     not breathe, not stir, nothing in excess, odd moments, pacifism,
     peace, peacefulness, place confidence in, placidity, placidness,
     poise, proneness, prostration, prudence, put down, quiescence,
     quiescency, quiet, quietism, quietness, quietude, reclination,
     recline, reclining, recumbency, refreshment, relaxation, rely on,
     remain, remain motionless, renewal, repose in, reposit, reside in,
     respite, rest, rest in, restfulness, restoration, restraint,
     retirement, satori, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial,
     self-possession, self-restraint, semiretirement, serenity,
     set down, settle to rest, shut-eye, siesta, silence, silken repose,
     sleep, sleepland, sleepwalking, slumber, slumberland, snooze,
     snoozle, snug down, sobriety, somnambulism, somniloquy, somnus,
     spare time, sprawl, stability, stand, stand fast, stand firm,
     stand still, stay, stay put, steadiness, stick, stick fast,
     stillness, stretch out, subsist in, supineness, take it easy,
     take life easy, tarry, temperance, temperateness, think reliable,
     time, time to kill, time to spare, tranquillity, tread water,
     trust, trust implicitly, trust in, unbuttoned ease,
     unconsciousness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness,
     via media, winter sleep, wise passiveness
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  REPOSE, v.i.  To cease from troubling.