repose

CEFRC2

/ɹɪˈpəʊz/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A state of rest or calm.

  2. 02

    verb

    To rest or lie in a place.

Examples

  • His brief repose was interrupted by her arrival.

  • How gaily the kids skip and play, whilst I sink into listless repose!

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɹəˈpoʊz/
  • /ɹi-/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Followed by from or (obsolete) of: to cause (oneself) to take a rest from some activity; also, to allow (oneself) to recover from some activity.

  2. To rest (oneself), especially by going to sleep.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To lay (someone, or part of their body) down to rest.

More examples

In context

  • Simon reposed in the year 1287.

  • a trap reposing on sand

  • I could mock the ſultry Toil, / VVhen on my Charmer's Breaſt repos'd.

Synonyms

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After a long day of hard work, the tired worker found blank in his comfortable bed.

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Origin

noun

The verb is derived from Middle English reposen (“to rest”), from Anglo-Norman reposer, reposir, and Middle French reposer, from Old French reposer, repauser (“to become calm; to be peaceful; to rest; to be immobile; to lie or be placed; to cease, stop; to neglect”) (modern French reposer), from Latin repausāre, the present active infinitive of repausō (“(Late Latin) to be at rest; to lie down, rest; to sleep; to calm, pacify; (Latin) to halt temporarily, pause”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + pausō (“to cease, halt; to pause”) (from pausa (“a halt, stop; a pause; an end”), from Ancient Greek παῦσῐς (paûsĭs, “ceasing, stopping”), from παύω (paúō, “to cease; to make to...