Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reposed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Repose \Re*pose"\ (r[-e]*p[=o]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reposed}
(-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reposing}.] [F. reposer; L. pref.
re- re- + pausare to pause. See {Pause}, {Pose}, v.]
1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to
deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.]

But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In
this divine cave's bosom. --Chapman.

Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth .
. . are left behind. --Woodward.

2. 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.

All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop
did present his majesty to the lords and commons.
--Fuller.

After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied
virtue. --Milton.

3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.

The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
--Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reposed \Re*posed"\ (r*p[=o]zd"), a.
Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. --Bacon. -- {Re*pos"ed*ly}
(r[-e]*p[=o]z"[e^]d*l[y^]), adv. -- {Re*pos"ed*ness}, n.


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