Reposit

3 definitions found

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

  Reposit \Re*pos"it\ (r[-e]*p[o^]z"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Reposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repositing}.] [L. repositus, p.
     p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put.
     See {Position}.]
     To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for
     safety or preservation; to place; to store.


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           Others reposit their young in holes.     --Derham.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reposit
       v : put (something) in a place for storage; "the treasure found
           int he ancient tomb was reposited in the museum"

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

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "reposit":
     bank, bundle away, cache, coffer, deposit, file, hutch, lay,
     lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, lodge, pack away,
     put away, put down, repose, reservoir, rest, salt away, salt down,
     set down, stash, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down,
     warehouse