Definitions for repose

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repose re·pose

Spelling: [ri-pohz]

IPA: /rɪˈpoʊz/

Repose is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in repose (eeoprs).

Definitions for repose

noun

1. the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
2. peace; tranquillity; calm.
3. dignified calmness, as of manner; composure.
4. absence of movement, animation, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to lay to rest; rest; refresh by rest (often used reflexively).
2. to put (confidence, trust, etc.) in a person or thing.
3. to put under the authority or at the disposal of a person.
4. Archaic. to deposit.

verb (used without object)

1. to lie or be at rest, as from work, activity, etc.
2. to lie dead:
3. to be peacefully calm and quiet:
4. to lie or rest on something.
5. Archaic. to depend or rely on a person or thing.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to pose again.

Origin of repose

1425-75; late Middle English reposen (v.) Middle French reposer, Old French Late Latin repausāre, equivalent to Latin re- re- + Late Latin pausāre to rest (derivative o

Examples for repose

I found my new master every way worthy of any confidence I might repose in him.

The other, Sophie Berthelot, was allowed in so she could repose in aeternum next to her spouse, the chemist Marcellin.

Hillary Clinton seemed to be in a rare moment of repose while the Middle East erupted.

A still, pale fog is soothing; it lulls nature to a kind of repose.

And those in the middle mostly plow ahead, refreshed by the repose of spirit or soul so hard to find at the top or the bottom.

When the action summits, and when the characters are in a state of repose.

Perhaps here she found the repose hitherto so vainly sought.

It has been said that unsettled questions have no pity for the repose of nations.

This is a still from a 2008 video called "repose (on the Plinthe)", by Vancouver artist Adad Hannah.

And now I will try if any repose will fall to my lot for the remainder of this night.