Usually means: State of rest or relaxation.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. repose: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. repose, repose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. repose, repose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. repose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. repose: Vocabulary.com
  6. Repose, repose: Wordnik
  7. repose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. repose: Wiktionary
  9. repose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. repose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. repose: Dictionary.com
  12. repose (1), repose (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Repose (painting), Repose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Repose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. repose: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. repose: Rhymezone
  17. repose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. repose: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. repose: Free Dictionary
  20. repose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. repose: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  22. repose: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. repose: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. repose: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. repose: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. repose: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Repose: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (transitive)
verb:  (also figurative, archaic) To lay (someone, or part of their body) down to rest.
verb:  (reflexive, archaic) To rest (oneself), especially by going to sleep.
verb:  (reflexive, archaic) 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.
verb:  (obsolete)
verb:  (also figurative) To give (someone) rest; to refresh (someone) by giving rest.
verb:  (reflexive) To cause (oneself) to have faith in or rely on someone or something.
verb:  (rare) To give (someone) accommodation for the night.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  (also figurative) To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.
verb:  (figurative) Especially (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) of a saint: to die, to rest in peace.
verb:  Followed by on or upon: of a thing: to lie or be physically positioned on something, especially horizontally; to rest on or be supported by something.
verb:  Followed by on or upon: of light, a look, etc.: to fall or rest (and often remain for a while) on something; to alight, to dwell.
verb:  Followed by on or upon: to be based on; to depend or rely on.
verb:  (also figurative, archaic) To cease activity to rest or recover; also, to have a period free from activity or disturbance.
verb:  (obsolete) To have faith in; to confide, to trust.
verb:  (obsolete, literary and poetic) To lie still and unmoving.
noun:  (uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.
noun:  (by extension, Christianity)
noun:  (uncountable) Of the Virgin Mary: death; also assumption into heaven.
noun:  (countable, Eastern Orthodoxy) The festival honouring the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on August 15.
noun:  (uncountable) The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.
noun:  (uncountable) Calmness of the mind or temperament; composure.
noun:  (uncountable) Of the face, a muscle, etc.: the state of being relaxed and not in tension.
noun:  (uncountable) The state of lying still and unmoving; calmness, tranquillity; (countable) an instance of this.
noun:  (uncountable, archaic) Relief or respite from something exhausting or unpleasant; (countable) an instance of this.
noun:  (uncountable, archaic) Confidence, faith, or trust in something.
noun:  (uncountable, architecture, art) The arrangement of elements of an artwork, a building, etc., that is restful and soothing to a viewer; harmony.
noun:  (uncountable, chiefly chemistry) The state of leaving something alone or untouched; (countable) an instance of this.
noun:  (uncountable, engineering, physics) Chiefly in the form point of repose, position of repose, etc.: absence of motion; equilibrium; (countable) a position where an object is not moving and at rest.
noun:  (uncountable, chiefly geology) Of a natural phenomenon, especially the eruption of a volcano: the state of temporary cessation of activity; dormancy, quiescence.
noun:  (obsolete)
noun:  (countable) A piece of furniture on which one can rest, especially a couch or sofa.
noun:  (countable) A place of rest.
noun:  (painting, uncountable) The technique of including in a painting an area or areas which are dark, indistinct, or soft in tone so that other areas are more prominent, or so that a viewer can rest they eyes when looking at them; (countable) such an area of a painting.
verb:  (transitive) Senses relating to placing or positioning.
verb:  To place (confidence, faith, or trust) in someone or something.
verb:  (chiefly passive voice) Followed by in: to entrust (duty, power, etc.) in someone; to confide.
verb:  (archaic) To place (something), especially for safekeeping or storage; to deposit, to keep safe, to store.
verb:  (obsolete) To regard (something) as being embodied in another thing; to ascribe, to attribute.
verb:  (obsolete, rare) To establish or institute (something); to found.
verb:  (obsolete, rare) To throw (something); to cast.
verb:  (transitive) Senses relating to returning.
verb:  (surgery) To put (a body part) back in its usual location; to reposition.
verb:  (obsolete) To forcefully restrain (something); to repress, to suppress.
verb:  (obsolete) To return (something) to a particular place; to put back, to replace.
verb:  (obsolete, rare, chiefly Scotland) To restore (someone) to a position or rank formerly held; to reinstate.
verb:  (intransitive) Of a thing: to be in the management or power of a person or an organization.
verb:  (transitive, reflexive) To pose (oneself or someone, or something) again.

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