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Definition of Repose
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Repose
To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. 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. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust. To lie at rest; to rest. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment. A rest; a pause. 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. Related Definitions:
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Repose Quotations
Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. Ralph Waldo Emerson Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman, repose in energy. Ralph Waldo Emerson There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. Henry David Thoreau Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. Ambrose Bierce Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Repose Translations
repose in Afrikaans is rus repose in Danish is hvile, ro repose in Dutch is rusten repose in German is ruhen repose in Latin is otium, silentium repose in Norwegian is hvile repose in Portuguese is descansar repose in Spanish is reposo, descansar repose in Swedish is vila, ro |
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