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reposes
We have found lemma(root) word of reposes : repose.
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[rɪˈpəʊz], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a state of rest, sleep, or tranquillity
(e.g: in repose her face looked relaxed)
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late Middle English: from Old French repos (noun), reposer (verb), from late Latin repausare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pausare ‘to pause’
[rɪˈpəʊz], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be situated or kept in a particular place
(e.g: the diamond now reposes in the Louvre)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French repos (noun), reposer (verb), from late Latin repausare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pausare ‘to pause’
[rɪˈpəʊz], (Verb)
Definitions:
- place something, especially one's confidence or trust, in
(e.g: we have never betrayed the trust that you have reposed in us)
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘put back in the same position’): from re- ‘again’ + the verb pose, suggested by Latin reponere ‘replace’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + ponere ‘to place’
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