To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

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.

To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.

To lie at rest; to rest.

To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

A rest; a pause.

That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.

freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"

lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"