repose

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “The Sea-god Glaucus […] Repoſd his head vpon my faintfull knée: […]”

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

   “Now may I repoſe me; Cuſtance is mine owne.”

3. fiil 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.

   “[A]lthough they ſeme as holidaymenne, to repoſe theymſelfes from all corporall buſineſſe: yet they dooe more good then the others, becauſe they doe the thyng moſt chiefly requiſite to be doen.”

4. fiil To give (someone) rest; to refresh (someone) by giving rest.

   “[H]ave ye chos'n this place / After the toyl of Battel to repoſe / Your wearied vertue, for the eaſe you find / To ſlumber here, as in the Vales of Heav'n?”

5. fiil To cause (oneself) to have faith in or rely on someone or something.

   “That he conſents, if VVarvvicke yeeld conſent, / For on thy fortune I repoſe my ſelfe.”

6. fiil To give (someone) accommodation for the night.
7. fiil To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.

   “Though then, the Lords deep VViſedome, to this day, / VVork in the VVorlds vncertain-certain Svvay: / Yet muſt vve credit that his hand compos'd / All in ſix Dayes, and that He then Repos'd; / By his example, giving vs beheſt, / On the Seaventh Day for evermore to Reſt.”

8. fiil To die, to rest in peace.

   “Simon reposed in the year 1287.”

9. fiil 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.

   “a trap reposing on sand”

10. fiil 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.

    “[T]he grate did then unclose, / And on that reverend form the moonlight did repose.”

11. fiil Followed by on or upon: to be based on; to depend or rely on.

    “The ſoul repoſing on aſſur'd relief, / Feels herſelf happy amidſt all her grief, / Forgets her labour as ſhe toils along, / VVeeps tears of joy, and burſts into a ſong.”

12. fiil To cease activity to rest or recover; also, to have a period free from activity or disturbance.

    “From the Leila and Majnun of Nizami. […] Thou wert agitated like the sand of the desert; but now thou reposest as the water of the lake.”

13. fiil To have faith in; to confide, to trust.

    “I do deſire thy vvorthy company, / Vpon vvhoſe faith and honor, I repoſe.”

14. fiil To lie still and unmoving.

    “[H]er dark and deepening eyes, / Which, as twin phantoms of one star that lies / O'er a dim well, move, though the star reposes, / Swam in our mute and liquid ecstasies, […]”

15. isim 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.

    “So forth ſhe rode vvithout repoſe or reſt, / Searching all lands and each remoteſt part, […]”

16. isim Of the Virgin Mary: death; also assumption into heaven.
17. isim The festival honouring the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on August 15.
18. isim The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.

    “[T]he Felicity of this life, conſiſteth not in the repoſe of a mind ſatisfied.”

19. isim Calmness of the mind or temperament; composure.

    “But lord! she goes with so blithe a repose, / And comes so shapely about you, / That ere you're aware, with a glance and an air, / She whisks your heart from out you.”

20. isim Of the face, a muscle, etc.: the state of being relaxed and not in tension.

    “In repose the faces of the men were intelligent and dignified, those of the women ofttimes prepossessing.”

21. isim The state of lying still and unmoving; calmness, tranquillity; (countable) an instance of this.

    “But o'er the tvvilight groves, and dusky caves, / Long-ſounding iſles, and intermingled graves, / Black Melancholy ſits, and round her throvvs / A death-like ſilence, and a dread repose: […]”

22. isim Relief or respite from something exhausting or unpleasant; (countable) an instance of this.

    “O Sole in whom my thoughts find all repoſe, / My Glorie, my Perfection, glad I ſee / Thy face, […]”

23. isim Confidence, faith, or trust in something.
24. isim The arrangement of elements of an artwork, a building, etc., that is restful and soothing to a viewer; harmony.

    “VVe are to take occaſion as much as poſſibly vve can, […] to find the repoſe of vvhich vve ſpeak, by the Light and by the Shadovv, vvhich naturally accompany ſolid Bodies.”

25. isim The state of leaving something alone or untouched; (countable) an instance of this.
26. isim 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.
27. isim Of a natural phenomenon, especially the eruption of a volcano: the state of temporary cessation of activity; dormancy, quiescence.

    “VVhile proudly riding o'er the azure realm / In gallant trim the gilded Veſſel goes; / Youth on the provv, and Pleaſure at the helm; / Regardleſs of the ſvveeping VVhirlvvind's ſvvay, / That, huſh'd in grim repoſe, expects his evening-prey.”

28. isim A piece of furniture on which one can rest, especially a couch or sofa.

    “[S]he lay expecting her coming Lover, on a repoſe of rich Embroidery of Gold on blevv Sattin, […]”

29. isim A place of rest.

    “[W]orſt is my Port, / My harbour and my ultimate repoſe, / The end I vvould attain, my final good.”

30. isim 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.