Rested

2 definitions found

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

  Rest \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.]
     1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action
        which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or
        exertion.
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              God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his
              work which he had made.               --Gen. ii. 2.
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              Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh
              day thou shalt rest.                  --Ex. xxiii.
                                                    12.
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     2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet
        or still.
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              There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton.
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     3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a
        couch.
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     4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column
        rests on its pedestal.
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     5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
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              Fancy . . . then retries
              Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton.
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     6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose
        without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
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              On him I rested, after long debate,
              And not without considering, fixed ?? fate.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
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              To rest in Heaven's determination.    --Addison.
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     {To rest with}, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it
        rests with him to decide.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rested
       adj : not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; "came back
             rested from her vacation" [ant: {tired}]