repose
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin repausare (“to lay at rest, quiet, also nourish, intransitive to be at rest, rest, repose”), from Latin re- (“again”) + pausare (“to pause, rest”), from pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (pausis).
Pronunciation
Noun
repose (uncountable)
- (dated) rest, sleep
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- Dark and deserted as it was, the night was full of small noises, song and chatter and rustling, telling of the busy little population who were up and about, plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well-earned repose.
- 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6
- You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties?
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- quietness, ease; peace, calmness
- (geology) period between eruptions of a volcano.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:calmness
Translations
rest
quietness
period between eruptions of a volcano
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Verb
repose (third-person singular simple present reposes, present participle reposing, simple past and past participle reposed)
Translations
External links
- repose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- repose in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- repose at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
repose
- First-person singular indicative present form of reposer.
- Third-person singular indicative present form of reposer.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of reposer.
- First-person singular subjunctive present form of reposer.
- Third-person singular subjunctive present form of reposer.