'Reposing' definitions:
Definition of 'Reposing'
From: GCIDE
- Repose \Re*pose"\ (r[-e]*p[=o]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reposed (-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reposing.] [F. reposer; L. pref. re- re- + pausare to pause. See Pause, Pose, v.]
- 1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In this divine cave's bosom. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch. [1913 Webster]
- All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust. [1913 Webster]
- The king reposeth all his confidence in thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reposing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumbent,
- asleep,
- asleep in Jesus,
- at rest,
- bereft of life,
- breathless,
- called home,
- calm,
- carrion,
- cloistered,
- cool,
- couchant,
- couche,
- crawling,
- croaked,
- dead,
- dead and gone,
- death-struck,
- deceased,
- decumbent,
- defunct,
- demised,
- departed,
- departed this life,
- destitute of life,
- done for,
- draped,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- even-tenored,
- exanimate,
- fallen,
- finished,
- flat,
- food for worms,
- gone,
- gone to glory,
- gone west,
- groveling,
- halcyon,
- hushed,
- impassive,
- inanimate,
- isolated,
- late,
- late lamented,
- launched into eternity,
- lifeless,
- lolling,
- lounging,
- lying,
- martyred,
- moldering,
- no more,
- pacific,
- passed on,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- placid,
- procumbent,
- prone,
- prostrate,
- pushing up daisies,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- reclining,
- recumbent,
- released,
- reposeful,
- restful,
- resting,
- resting easy,
- resupine,
- sainted,
- secluded,
- sequestered,
- sequestrated,
- sheltered,
- sleeping,
- smitten with death,
- smooth,
- sprawled,
- sprawling,
- spread,
- still,
- still as death,
- stillborn,
- stillish,
- stilly,
- stoic,
- stolid,
- subsiding,
- supine,
- taken away,
- taken off,
- tranquil,
- unagitated,
- undisturbed,
- unmoved,
- unperturbed,
- unruffled,
- unstirring,
- untroubled,
- waning,
- with the Lord,
- with the saints,
- without life,
- without vital functions