LekhoriLekhoriTo lay (someone, or part of their body) down to rest.
The Sea-god Glaucus […] Repoſd his head vpon my faintfull knée: […]
Senses relating to placing or positioning.
Now woorthy Tamburlaine, haue I repoſ'd, / In thy approoued Fortunes all my hope, / VVhat thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?
To pose (oneself or someone, or something) again.
Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.
So forth ſhe rode vvithout repoſe or reſt, / Searching all lands and each remoteſt part, […]
The verb is derived from Middle English reposen (“to rest”), from Anglo-Norman reposer, reposir, and Middle French reposer, from Old French reposer, repauser (“to become calm; to be peaceful; to rest;...
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The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.
[T]he Felicity of this life, conſiſteth not in the repoſe of a mind ſatisfied.
Calmness of the mind or temperament; composure.
But lord! she goes with so blithe a repose, / And comes so shapely about you, / That ere you're aware, with a glance and an air, / She whisks your heart from out you.