repose 
II. in/ran*. 1. To lie or be at rest ; take rest; 
sleep. 
Yet must we credit that his [the Lord's] hand compos'd 
All in six Dayes, and that he then Repos'd. 
Syh-ester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 7. 
When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iv. 387. 
The public mind was then reposing from one great ef- 
fort, and collecting strength for another. 
Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
2. To rest in confidence ; rely: followed by on 
or upon. 
I do desire thy worthy company, 
Upon whose faith and honour I repose. 
Shalt., T. G. of V., iv. 8.28. 
The best of those that then wrote disclaim that any man 
should repose on them, and send all to the Scriptures. 
Milton, Reformation in Eng., i. 
The soul, reposing on assur'd relief, 
Feels herself happy amidst all her grief. 
Cou'per, Truth, 1. 55. 
= Syn. 1. To recline, settle, slumber. See resti, v. i. 
repose (re-poz'), . [< OF. repos, repaux, F. rc- 
pof, F. dial, repous = Pr. repaint = Cat. repos = 
Sp. reposo = Pg. repouso = It. riposo, repose ; 
from the verb.] 1. The act or state of repos- 
ing; inaction; a lying at rest ; sleep; rest. 
Shake oft* the golden slumber of repose. 
Shak., Pericles, iii. 2. 23. 
Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws 
A death-like silence, and a dread repose. 
Pope, Eloisa to Abelard, 1. 166. 
Absolute repose is, indeed, a state utterly unknown upon 
the earth's surface. Huxley, Physiography, xx. 
2. Freedom from disturbance of any kind; 
tranquillity. 
The great civil and religious conflict which began at the 
Reformation seemed to have terminated in universal re- 
pose. Macaulay, William Pitt. 
A goal which, gain'd, may give repose. 
M. Arnold, Resignation. 
3. Settled composure ; natural or habitual dig- 
nity and calmness of manner and action. 
Her manners had not that repose 
Which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere. 
Tennyson, Lady Clara Vere de Vere. 
That repose which is the ornament and ripeness of man 
is not American. That repose which indicates a faith in 
the laws of the universe, a faith that they will fulfil them- 
selves, and are not to be impeded, transgressed, or accele- 
rated. Emerson, Fortune of the Republic. 
4. Cause of rest ; that which gives repose ; a 
rest ; a pause. 
After great lights must be great shadows, which we call 
reposes, because in reality the sight would be tired if at- 
tracted by a continuity of glittering objects. 
Dryden, tr. of Dufresnoy's Art of Painting. 
5. In a work of art, dependence for effect en- 
tirely upon inherent excellence, all meretri- 
cious effect of gaudiuess of color or exaggera- 
tion of attitude being avoided ; a general mod- 
eration or restraint of color and treatment ; an 
avoidance of obtrusive tints and of violent ac- 
tion Angle of repose. See angle*. Repose of St. 
Anne, in the Or. Ch., a festival observed on July 25th In 
memory of the death of St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin 
Mary. Repose of the Theotocos, in the Or. Ch., a fes- 
tival observed on August 15th in commemoration of the 
death and assumption of the Virgin Mary. = Syn. 1-3. 
Quiet, Tranquillity, etc. (see restl), quietness. 
reposed (re-p6zd'),^>.. [Pp. of repose, v.] Ex- 
hibiting repose ; calm ; settled. 
He was in feeding temperate, in drinking sober, in giu- 
ing liberall, in receiuing of consideration, in sleeping 
short, in his speech reposed. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 20. 
But reposed natures may do well in youth, as is seen in 
Augustus Csesar . . . and others. Bacon, Youth and Age. 
reposedly (re-po'zed-li), adv. 
mam 
Diet. 
reposedness (re-po'zed-nes), n. The state of 
being reposed or at rest. 
Of which [wishes] none rises in me that is not bent 
upon your enjoying of peace and reposedness in your for- 
tunes, in your affections, and in your conscience. 
Donne, Letters, xlviii. 
reposeful (re-poz'ful), a. [< repose + -fill.] 1. 
Full of repose. 2. Affording repose or rest; 
trustworthy; worthy of reliance. 
Though princes may take, above others, some reposefull 
friend, with whom they may participate their neerest pas- 
sions. Sir Robert B. Cotton, A Short View, etc.. in J. M or- 
igan's Phcenix Britannicus, I. 68. (F. Hall.) 
I know not where she can picke out a fast friend, or 
reposefull confident of such reciprocable interest. 
Hmvell, Vocall Forrest, 28. (Latham.) 
reposer (ro-po'zer), H. One who reposes. //<. 
Diet. 
reposit (re-poz'it), r. t. [Formerly also IT/HIS- 
itr; < I,, i-f/toxititti, pp. of repoiiere,' ln,y up: see 
5087 
repone.] To lay up; lodge, as for safety or 
preservation. 
I caused his body to be coffin'd in lead, and reposited on 
the 30th at 8 o'clock that night in the church at Deptford. 
Evelyn, Diary. Jan. 27, Iti&s. 
reposit (re-poz'it), . [Formerly also repoxiti-; 
< reposit, (?.] That which is laid up; a deposit. 
Encyc. J)icl. 
reposition (re-po-zish'on), ii. [< ML. reposi- 
tio(it-), < L. repoiicre, pp. repositus, lay up : see 
rcpoxit.] 1. The act of repositing, or laying up 
in safety. 
That age which is not capable of observation, careless of 
reposition. Bp. Uall, Censure of Travel!, 6. 
2. The act of replacing, or restoring to its nor- 
mal position ; reduction. 
Being satisfied in the reposition of the bone, take care 
to keep it so by deligation. Wiseman, Surgery. 
3. Ill Scots law, retrocession, or the returning 
back of a right from the assignee to the person 
granting the right. 
repositor (re-poz'i-tor), n. [< reposit + -or 1 .] 
One who or that wtiich replaces ; specifically, 
in xitry., an instrument for restoring a displaced 
uterus to its normal position. 
repository (re-poz'i-to-ri), . and n. [I. a. < 
L. 'repositories, < rep'onere, pp. repositus, lay 
up : see reposit. II. . < OF. 'repofitorie, later 
repositoire = Sp. Pg. repositorio = It. ri/ioxi- 
torio, < L. repositorium, a repository, neut. of 
repositories: see I.] I. a. Pertaining to re- 
position ; adapted or intended for deposition or 
storage. 
If the bee knoweth when, and whence, and how to 
gather her honey and wax, and how to form the repository 
combs, and how to lay it up, and all the rest of her mar- 
vellous economy. Baxter, Dying Thoughts. 
II. N. ; pi. repositories (-riz). 1 . A place where 
things are or may be deposited for safety or 
preservation ; a depository ; a storehouse ; a 
magazine. 
The mind of man not being capable of having many 
ideas under view at once, it was necessary to have a repos- 
itory to lay up those ideas. Locke. 
2. A place where things are kept for sale; a 
shop : as, a carriage-repository. 
She confides the card to the gentleman of the Fine Art 
Repository, who consents to allow it to lie upon the 
counter. Thackeray. 
repossess (re-po-zes'), t'. t. [< re- + possess."] 
To possess again; regain possession of. 
The resolution to die had 
mind. 
<essed his place in her 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iv. 
po'zecl-li), adv. In a reposed 
manner; quietly; composedly; calmly. Imp. 
To repossess one's self of, to obtain possession of again, 
repossession (re-po-zesh'pn), n. [< re- + pos- 
session.] The act or state of possessing again. 
Whoso hath been robbed or spoiled of his lands or goods 
may lawfully seek repossession by force. Raleigh. 
reposure (re-po'zhur), . [< repose + -tire.'} 
Rest ; quiet ; repose. 
In the reposure of most soft content. Marston. 
It was the Franciscans antient Dormitory, as appeareth 
by the concavities still extant in the walls, places for their 
several! reposure. ft/Her, Hist, of Camb., viii. 19. (Dames.) 
repot (re-pot'), v. t. [< re- + poft, v.] To re- 
place in pots; specifically, in hort., to shift 
(plants in pots) from one pot to another, usu- 
ally of a larger size, or to remove from the pot 
and replace more or less of the old earth with 
fresh earth. 
repour (re-por'), v. t. [< re- + pourl.] To pour 
again. 
The horrid noise amazed the silent night, 
Repouring down black darkness from the sky. 
Mir. for Mags. 
repoussage (re-po'sazh), . [F.,<repoKsser,beat 
back : see repousse.] 1 . The beating out from 
behind of ornamental patterns upon a metal 
surface. See repousse, n. 2. In etching, the 
hammering out from behind of parts of an 
etched plate which have been brought by char- 
coal or scraper below half its thickness, making 
hollows which would show as spots in printing, 
in order to bring them up to the required level. 
A spot to be thus treated is fixed by letting one of the 
points of a pair of calipers (compasses with curved legs) 
rest on the place, and marking the corresponding place 
on the back of the plate with the other point. 
repousse (re-po'sa), a. and . [< F. repousse, 
pp. of repousiter, push back, beat back, re- 
pulse: see repulse, and cf. push.] I. a. Raised 
in relief by means of the hammer; beaten up 
from the under or reverse side. 
In this tomb was a magnificent silver-gilt amphora, 
certainly the finest extant specimen of Greek repousse 
work in silver. The body of this vase is richly ornamented 
with birds and floral arabesques. 
C. T. Newton, Art and Archseol., p. 881. 
reprehensible 
II. n. Repouss6 work; the art of shaping 
vessels and the like, and of producing orna- 
ment on the surface, 
by hammering thin 
metal on the reverse 
side, the artist watch- 
ing the side destined 
to be exposed to fol- 
low the development 
of the pattern by the 
blows of the ham- 
mer; also, the arti- 
cles thus produced. 
A hammer with an elas- 
tic handle screwed to a 
permanent support, and 
having many adjustable 
heads, is used for this 
work. Repousse work is 
often finished by chasing ; 
the chaser, working upon 
the right side of the met- 
al, presses back or modi- 
fies the relief of the met- 
al, which has taken shape 
from the hammer. For 
resKTbut^nTe 6 Gold fe.ui, decorated i,h Repousse 
lesistant but soft mate- work ; time of Louis X\r 
rial is provided to support 
the metal while in the chaser's hands : hollow silver ves- 
sels, for instance, are filled with pitch. Compare chasing. 
repp, n. See rep 1 . 
repped (rept), a. [< rep + -ed' 2 .] Ribbed or 
corded transversely : as, repped silk. 
repr. An abbreviation (used in this work) of 
(a) representing; (b) representative, 
repreeft, n. An obsolete form of reproof. 
repreevet, v. An obsolete form of reprove. 
repr ef ablet, a. A Middle English form of re- 
provable. 
reprefet, A Middle English form of reproof. 
reprehend (rep-re-hend'), v. t. [< ME. repre- 
hcnden = OF. reprendre, F. reprendre = Pr. 
reprehendre, reprendre, reprenre, repenre = Cat. 
rependrer = Sp. reprender = Pg. reprehender = 
It. reprendere, riprendere, < L. reprehendere, re- 
prendere, hold back, check, blame, < re-, back, 
+ prehendere, hold, seize: seeprehend.'] 1. To 
charge with a fault; chide sharply; reprove: 
formerly sometimes followed by of. 
Thow were ay wont eche lovere reprehende 
Of thing fro which thow kanst the nat defende. 
Chaucer, Troilus, L 510. 
Then pardon me for reprehending thee, 
For thou hast done a charitable deed. 
Skak., Tit. And., iii. 2. 69. 
I bring an angry mind to see your folly, 
A sharp one too to reprehend you for it. 
Fletcher (and another), Elder Brother, iii. 3. 
2. To take exception to ; speak of as a fault ; 
censure. 
I have faults myself, and will not reprehend 
A crime I am not free from. 
Beau, and Fl., Little French Lawyer, L 2. 
Let men reprehend them [my labours], so they observe 
and weigh them. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 359. 
3t. To convict of fallacy. 
This colour will be reprehended or encountered, by im- 
puting to all excellencies in composition a kind of poverty. 
Bacon. (Latham.) 
= Syn. 1. To blame, rebuke, reprimand, upbraid. See 
admonition. 
reprehender (rep-re-hen'der), n. One who rep- 
rehends ; one who blames or reproves. 
To the second rancke of reprnhenders, that complain of 
my boystrous compound wordes, and ending my Italionate 
coyned verbes all in ize, thus I replie : That no winde that 
blowes strong but is boystrous ; no speech or wordes of 
any power or force to confute or perswade but must be 
swelling and boystrous. 
ffashe, quoted in Int. to Pierce Penilesse, p. rxx. 
reprehensible.] The character of being repre- 
hensible. 
reprehensible (rep-re-hen'si-bl), a. [< OF. 
reprehensible, F. reprehensible = Sp. reprensible, 
reprehensible = Pg. reprelteimircl = It. riprcnsi- 
bile, < LL. repreheimbilis, reprehensible, < L. re- 
prehendere, pp. reprelieiisus, reprehend: see rep- 
rehend.] Deserving to be reprehended or cen- 
sured; blameworthy; censurable; deserving re- 
proof : applied to persons or things. 
In a meane man prodigalitie and pride are fanltes more 
reprehensible than in Princes. 
Pvttenham, Arte of Eng. Foesie, p. 34. 
This proceeding appears to me wholly illegal, and rep- 
rehensible in a very high degree. 
Webster, Speech in Senate, May 7, 1834. 
= Syn. Blamable, culpable, reprovable. See admonition. 
