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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rest \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.]
1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action
which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or
exertion.
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God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2.
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Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh
day thou shalt rest. --Ex. xxiii.
12.
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2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet
or still.
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There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton.
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3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a
couch.
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4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column
rests on its pedestal.
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5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
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Fancy . . . then retries
Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton.
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6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose
without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
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On him I rested, after long debate,
And not without considering, fixed ?? fate.
--Dryden.
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7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
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To rest in Heaven's determination. --Addison.
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{To rest with}, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it
rests with him to decide.
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