reposes's Usage Examples:

An unclean person is universally a slothful one, one who sits by a stove, whom the sun shines on prostrate, who reposes without being fatigued.

The theory of valency thus founded has dominated the subsequent development of chemical doctrine, and forms the groundwork upon which the fabric of modern structural chemistry reposes.

The tail is capable of free vertical motion, and controlled by strong muscles, so that, at least in the true toucans, when the bird is preparing to sleep it is reverted and lies almost flat on the back, on which also the huge bill reposes, pointing in the opposite direction.

The lowest of these slides reposes upon a foundation-plate pp, into one end of which the screw s is tapped.

Lavoisier's name is indissolubly associated with the overthrow of the phlogistic doctrine that had dominated the development of chemistry for over a century, and with the establishment of the foundations upon which the modern science reposes.

Every path and every plot, Every blush of roses, Every blue forget-me-not Where the dew reposes, " Up!This theory reposes mainly on the supposed absence of pre-Chretien poems, and on the writings of Professor H.

The cycle of twenty or more chansons which form the geste of Guillaume reposes on the traditions of the Arab invasions of the south of France, from the battle of Poitiers (732) under Charles Martel onwards, and on the French conquest of Catalonia from the Saracens.

Synonyms:

laziness, lie-in, bed rest, sleeping, inactivity, leisure, quiescency, quiescence, ease, dormancy, bedrest, relaxation, rest,

Antonyms:

disorganize, divest, disarrange, deglycerolize, activity,