MEANING
1. To lie or rest in a calm position.
2. To place confidence or trust in someone or something.
3. Calm rest or stillness.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- repose on a couch
- repose beneath trees
On the page
The traveler reposed beneath the old cedar.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- repose
- Past tense
- reposed
- Past participle
- reposed
- Present participle
- reposing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- repose
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reposing
- Present perfect
- have/has reposed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reposing
- Past
- reposed
- Past continuous
- was/were reposing
- Past perfect
- had reposed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reposing
- Future
- will repose
- Future continuous
- will be reposing
- Future perfect
- will have reposed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reposing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: repose; reposes; reposed; reposed; reposing. Noun use is uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reposes.
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