repose
verb/rɪˈpəʊz/
/rɪˈpəʊz/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they repose | /rɪˈpəʊz/ /rɪˈpəʊz/ |
| he / she / it reposes | /rɪˈpəʊzɪz/ /rɪˈpəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple reposed | /rɪˈpəʊzd/ /rɪˈpəʊzd/ |
| past participle reposed | /rɪˈpəʊzd/ /rɪˈpəʊzd/ |
| -ing form reposing | /rɪˈpəʊzɪŋ/ /rɪˈpəʊzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of an object) to be or be kept in a particular place
- She stared at the empty cabinet where once the vase had reposed.
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a person) to lie or rest in a particular place
- We left her reposing on the sofa.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French repos (noun), reposer (verb), from late Latin repausare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pausare ‘to pause’.
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