rest 
c, the four-measure rest like d; or a semibreve rest or 
similar character is used with a figure above to indicate 
the number of measures, as e or/. 
5113 restaur 
8. To stand or lie, as upon a support or basis ; 2. To continue to be ; remain : as, rest assured 
be supported; have a foundation: literally or that it is true. 
a it_i_ He shal reste in stockes 
m 
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He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, 
and proportion ; rests me his minim rest, one, two, and 
the third in your bosom. Shak., R. and J., ii. 4. 2:i. 
9f. A syllable. 
Two rests, a short and long, th' Iambic frame. 
B. Jotison, tr. of Horace's Art of Poetry. 
10. In accounting, the stopping to strike a bal- 
ance or sum up the total, as for the purpose 
of computing commissions or compounding in- 
terest. Thus, an annual rest takes place where the rents 
received by the mortgagee in possession are more than 
suftlcient to keep down the interest, and the surplus is 
directed to be employed in liquidation of the principal 
pro tanto. 
11. In her., same as clarion and sufflue. 12. 
Same as mace 1 , 3. 13f. In court-tennis, a 
quick and continued returning of the ball from 
one player to the other. K. W. Lowe, Note in 
Gibber's Apology, I. 148. 
For a wit is like a rest 
Held up at tennis, when men do the best 
With the best gamesters. 
F. Beaumont, To Ben Jonsou. 
Knock me down if ever I saw a rest of wit better played 
than that last, in my life. Gibber, Careless Husband, iv. i. 
14. In the game of primero, the highest or final 
stake made by a player ; also, the hand of cards 
or the number of points held. See to set up 
one's rest, under set. 
Each one in possibility to win, 
Great rests were up and mightie hands were in. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 528. (Hares.) 
Absolute rest, a state of absence of motion.without refer- 
ence to other bodies. No definite meaning can be attach- 
ed to the phrase. Currents Of rest. See current*. 
Equation of rest. See equation. Friction of rest. See 
friction. -Large rest, in medieval musical notation, a 
, rest or sign for silence equal in time-value 
to a large. It was either perfect (a), or im- 
perfect (&). The former was equal to three 
a * longs, the latter to two. Relative rest, 
the absence of motion relative to some body. To set 
one's heart at rest. See heart. To set up one's 
restt. See set. =Syn. 1. Pause, Stay, etc. (see stop). 2. 
Rest, Repose, Ease, Quiet, Tranquillity, Peace. While these 
words are used with some freedom, rest and repose apply 
especially to the suspended activity of the body ; ease and 
quiet to freedom from occupation or demands for activity, 
especially of the body ; tranquillity and peace to the free- 
dom of the mind from harassing cares or demands. 
rest 1 (rest), v. [< ME. resten, < AS. restan = 
OS. restian = OFries. resta = D. rusten = MLG. 
resten = OHG. rasten, restan, raston, resten, 
MHG. rasten, resten, G. rasten = Sw. rasta = 
Dan. raste, rest; from the noun: see rest 1 , n. 
The verb rest 1 in some uses mingles with the 
different verb rest 2 .] I. in trans. 1. To cease 
from action, motion, work, or performance of 
any kind ; stop ; desist ; be without motion. 
He rested on the seventh day from all his work which he 
had made. Gen. ii. 2. 
Over the tent a cloud 
Shall rest by day. Milton, P. L., xii. 257. 
He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest. 
Pope, Essay on Man, ii. 7. 
2f. To come to a pause or to an end; end. 
But now resteth the tale of kynge Rion, . . . and returne 
for to speke of kynge Arthur. Merlin (E. E. T. $.), ii. 224. 
3. To be free from whatever harasses or dis- 
turbs ; be quiet or still ; be undisturbed. 
My lord shall never rest ; 
I'll watch him tame and talk him out of patience. 
Shak., Othello, iii. 3. 22. 
Woo'd an unfeeling statue for his wife, 
Nor rested till the gods had giv'n it life. 
Cowper, Progress of Error, 1. 529. 
4. To take rest ; repose. 
Eche yede to his ostell to resten, for therto hadde the! 
nede and gret myster, for many were they hurte. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 138. 
Old lord, I cannot blame thee, 
Who am myself attach'd with weariness, 
To the dulling of my spirits ; sit down, and rent. 
Shak., Tempest, iii. 3. 6. 
5. To sleep; slumber. 
Thick slumber 
Hangs upon mine eyes ; let me rest. [Sleeps.) 
Shak., Pericles, v. 1. 236. 
6. In 6ot., to lie dormant. See resting-spore, 
resting-state, etc. 7. To sleep the final sleep; 
die, or be dead. 
If in the world he live, we'll seek him out; 
If in his grave he rest, we'll find him there. 
Shak., Pericles, ii. 4. 30. 
So peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, 
What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. 
Pope, Elegy on an Unfortunate Lady. 
figuratively. 
Flitting light 
From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes 
From many a twig the pendent drops of ice. 
Cowper, Task, vi. 80. 
Eloquence, like every other art, reste on laws the most 
exact and determinate. Emerson, Eloquence. 
As longe as ich lyue for bus luther werkes. 
Piers Ploicman (C), v. 104. 
Nought shall make us rue, 
If England to itself do rest but true. 
Shak., K. John, v. 7. 118. 
I rest Your dutiful Son, J. H. Howell, Letters, I. iv. 24. 
This abbatial staff often rested, like a bishop's, on the 
abbot's left side [when borne to church for his burial]. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, ii. 215. 
Belief rests upon knowledge as a house rests upon its 
foundation. H. James, Subs, and Shad., p. 98. 
9. To be satisfied ; acquiesce. 
Il.t trans. To keep ; cause to continue or re- 
main: used with a predicate adjective follow- 
ing and qualifying the object. 
God rest you merry, sir. Shak., As you Like it, v. 1. 65. 
Rest you fair, good signior. Shak., M. of V., i. 3. 60. 
I was forced'tore^with patience, while my noble and rest 2 (rest), n. [= D G. Sw. Dan rest, < OF 
beloved country was so injuriously treated. and F. reste, rest, residue, remnant, = Pr. resta 
Sw^ft, Gulliver's Travels, ii. 7. = Sp. resto, resta = Pg. resto = It. resta, rest, 
10. To be fixed in any state or opinion ; re- repose, pause ; from the verb: see rest 2 , u.] 
ma j n 1. That which is left, or which remains after 
Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many the separation of a part, either in fact or in 
gifts. Prov. vi. 85. contemplation ; remainder. 
Thou Power Supreme, whose mighty scheme 
These woes of mine fulfil, 
Here, firm, I rest, they must be best, 
Because they are thy will ! Burns, Winter. 
11. To lean; trust; rely; have confidence ; de- 
pend for support. 
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and 
makest thy boast of God. Rom. ii. 17. 
Help us, O Lord our God : for we rest on thee, and in thy 
name do we go against this multitude. 2 Chron. xiv. 11. 
That spirit upon whose weal depend and rest 
The lives of many. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 3. 14. 
They rested in the declaration which God had made iu 
his church. Donne, Sermons, vi. 
12. To be in a certain state or position, as an 
affair; stand. 
Now thus it rests; 
Her father means she shall be all in white. 
Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 6. 34. 
13. In law, to terminate voluntarily the addu- _i nww*w* v v .. , 
cing of evidence, in order to await the counter- " regards other matters; in flue.=Syn. 1. Residue, etc. 
evidence of the adverse party, or to submit the res t3Trest)TV. t. [By apheresis from arrest 1 .] 
case, upon the evidence, to the tribunal for de- To arrest rColloq f 
cision. After a party has rested he has no longer a legal 
Fear me not, man ; I will not break away ; 
I'll give thee, ere I leave thee, so much money, 
To warrant thee, as I am 'rested for. 
Shak., C. of E., iv. 4.3. 
rest 4 t, v . An obsolete form of reast 1 . 
rest 6 (rest), v. A dialectal variant of roast. 
Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
rest 6 !, n. An obsolete phonetic spelling of wrest. 
restagnantt (re -stag 'nant), a. [= It. ristag- 
_,_,_. _, ... .. nante, stanching, stopping; < L. restagnan(t-)s, 
To rest wlth~ to'be'in the po'werof; depend upo'n: as, overflowing, ppr. of restagnare, overflow: see 
it rests with time to decide. =Syn. 1. To stay, forbear. restagnate.] Stagnant; remaining without a 
1, 3, and 4. Rest, Repose. Rest signifies primarily to cease fl ow or current, 
from action or work, but naturally by extension to be re- -,,.,. w mmo to thp tnn nf the atmosnhere the 
ffuahpfl hi/ Aninrr an nnH further tn hp rpfrpRhpri hv KlppTl me nearer We COme IO me lop OI tile .Ulliobpliei (., vile 
ing Rems does i not ! necessarily imply previous work shorter and lighter is the cylinder of air incumbent upon 
but does imply quietness, and generally a reclining posi- the restagnant mercury. Boyle, Works, I. 151. 
tion, while we may rest in a standing position. See stop, restagnatet (re-stag'nat), v. i. [= It. ristag- 
n and rerti.n.- 11. To depend. to so id er with lime; < L. restagnare, 
II. trans. 1. To give repose to; place at "*." 
Let us not dally with God when he offers us a full bless- 
ing, to take as much of it as wee think will serve our ends, 
and turne him backe the rest upon his hands. 
Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 
2. Those not included in a proposition or de- 
scription ; others. [In this sense rest is a col- 
lective noun taking a plural verb.] 
Plato, and the rest of the philosophers, acknowledged 
the unity, power, wisdom, goodness, and providence of 
the supreme God. Bp. Stillingfteet. 
The million flit as gay 
As if created only like the fly, ... 
The rest are sober dreamers, grave and wise. 
Cowper, Task, iii. 137. 
3. Balance; difference; specifically, in the 
weekly reports of the Bank of England, the 
balance of assets above liabilities, forming a 
sort of reserve fund against contingencies. [In 
all uses rest is always preceded by the definite 
article.] Above the rest. See above. Forthe rest, 
After a party has rested he has no longer a lega 
right to put in evidence, unless to countervail new mat- 
ter in the evidence thereafter adduced by his adversary, 
although the court, for cause shown, may in its discretion 
allow him to do so. To rest in. (at) To depend upon. 
It rested in your grace 
To unloose this tied-up justice when you pleased. 
Shak., M. for M., i. 3. 31. 
(6) To consist or remain in. 
They [Utopians] think not felicity to rest in all pleasure, 
but only in that pleasure that is good and honest. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by RobinsonX ii. 7. 
overflow, i over, < re-, again, + stagnare, form 
j overflow : see stagnate.] To stand or 
m ^ without flowing ; "stagnate. 
rest ; refresh by repose : sometimes used reflex- 
ively : as, to rest one's self (that is ; to cease from 
exertion for the purpose of recruiting one's en- 
ergies). Wiseman, Surgery, L 21. 
By the renke [when the knight] ha^eAymrMMdnrses the restagn ati nt (re-stag-na'shqn), n. [< L. re- 
stagnatio(n-), an overflow, inundation, < restan- 
nare, overflow: see restagnate.'] Stagnation. 
The restaytiation of gross blood. 
Wiseman, Surgery, i. 14. 
or d ~ eadV " ' slMk - M - of v - "' * 76 ' restant (res'tant), a. [< F. restant, ppr. of res- 
2. To lay or place, as on a support, basis, or ter, remain: see rest 2 .] If. Remaining; being 
in possession. 
With him they were restant all those things that the 
Enter Ferdinand, bearing a log. 
Miranda. Pray, set it down and rest you: when this burns, 
'Twill weep for having wearied you. Shak., Tempest, iii. 1. 
I pray you, tell me, is my boy, God rest his soul, alive 
foundation : literally or figuratively. 
This is my plea, on this I rest my cause 
What saith my counsel, learned in the laws ? 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. i. 141. 
Straight he took his bow of ash-tree, 
On the sand one end he rested. 
Longfellow, Hiawatha, ix. 
3. To leave ; allow to stand. 
foolish virgins could wish for, beauty, daintie, delicates, 
riches, faire speech. 
Holland, tr. of Camden, p. 362. (Davies.) 
2. In 6ot., same as persistent: sometimes ap- 
plied specifically to a footstalk from which the 
fructification has fallen away. [Rare.] 
Now how I haue or could preuent these accidents, hau- restate (re-staf), V. t. [< re- + state.] To 
ing no more meanes, I rest at your censures [judgments]. state again . ag to restate a charge. 
Capt. John Smith, Works, II. 213. regtatement (re-stat'ment), n. A second state- 
rest 2 (rest), v. [= D. resten, resteren = G. resten, men t, as of facts or opinions, in either the same 
restiren = Dan. rcstere = Sw. restera, rest, re- or a Dew form. 
main, < OF. (and F.) rester = Pr. Sp. Pg. restar re staur (res-ta'r'), . [Also restor; < OF. res- 
= It. restore, ristare,< L. restore, stop, rest, stand to TSt res tur, F. restaur = It. restav.ro, ristauro, < 
ML. restaur urn, a restoring: see restore 1 .] In 
law: (a) The remedy or recourse which assurers 
have against each other, according to the date 
of their assurances, or against the master of a 
ship if the loss arose through his fault. (6) 
The remedy or recourse a person has against 
his guarantor or other person who is to in- 
demnify him for any damage sustained. 
still, remain, < re-, behind, back, + store, stand : 
see stand. Cf. arrest 1 . The verb rest 2 is partly 
confused with some uses of rest 1 .] I. iittrans. 
1. To be left; remain. 
Nought rests 
But that she fit her love now to her fortune. 
B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 2. 
What rests of both, one Sepulchre shall hold. 
Prior, Henry and Emma. 
