4. (Fine Arts) 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.
Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body
placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or
slide down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds
of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.
Syn. -- Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness;
tranquillity; peace.
Re*posed" (r*pzd"), a. Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. Bacon. --
Re*pos"ed*ly (r*pz"d*l), adv. -- Re*pos"ed*ness, n.
Re*pose"ful (r*pz"fl), a. Full of repose; quiet.
Re*pos"er (r*pz"r), n. One who reposes.
Re*pos"it (r*pz"t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reposited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repositing.] [L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back; pref. re-
re- + ponere to put. See Position.] To cause to rest or stay; to lay
away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.
Others reposit their young in holes.
Derham.
Re`po*si"tion (r`p*zsh"n), n. [L. repositio.] The act of repositing; a
laying up.
Re*pos"i*tor (r*pz"*tr), n. (Surg.) An instrument employed for
replacing a displaced organ or part.
Re*pos"i*to*ry (r*pz"*t*r), n. [L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF.
repositoire.] A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up,
for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.
Re`pos*sess" (r?"p?z*z?s" or -p?s*s?s"), v. t. To possess again; as, to
repossess the land. Pope.
To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again (something
lost).
Re`pos*ses"sion (r?`p?z-z?sh"?n or -p?s s?sh"?n), n. The act or the
state of possessing again.
Re*po"sure (r?-p?"sh?r; 135), n. Rest; quiet.
In the reposure of most soft content.
Marston.
Re*pour" (r?-p?r"), v. t. To pour again.
||Re*pous`sé" (re -p??`s?"), a. [F., p. p. of repousser to thrust back;
||pref re- + pousser to push. See Push.] (a) Formed in relief, as a
||pattern on metal. (b) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by
||pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or
||of a vessel made of thin metal. -- n. Repoussé work.
Repoussé work, ornamentation of metal in relief by pressing or
hammering on the reverse side.
Re*prefe" (r?-pr?f"), n. Reproof. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Rep`re*hend" (r?p`r?-h?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprehended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Reprehending.] [L. reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back,
seize, check, blame; pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See
Prehensile, and cf. Reprisal. ] To reprove or reprimand with a view of
restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against;
to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure. Chaucer.
Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich,
for that he gave six crowns for a small fish.
Bacon.
Pardon me for reprehending thee.
Shak.
In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are
severely reprehended.
Dryden.