Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reposit"

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

Reposit \Re*pos"it\ (r[-e]*p[o^]z"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Reposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repositing}.] [L. repositus, p.
p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put.
See {Position}.]
To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for
safety or preservation; to place; to store.

Others reposit their young in holes. --Derham.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reposit
v : put (something) is a place for storage; "the treasure found
int he ancient tomb was reposited in the museum"


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