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adjective

Definition of reposingnext
1
as in reclining

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2
as in nodding

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reposing

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verb (1)

present participle of repose
1
as in lurking
to remain out of sight a little-explored region beneath which vast mineral reserves are said to repose

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as in resting
to refrain from labor or exertion reposed in the Caribbean sun, enjoying her break from the world of work

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reposing

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verb (2)

present participle of repose
as in handing
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another the Constitution reposes the power to declare war to Congress, and to that body alone

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reposing
  1. resting
  2. slumberous
  3. somnolent
Adjective
  • Green Bay could finish as high as sixth in the NFC if the resting Rams lose to the 49ers, potentially setting up a first-round matchup against the division-rival Lions.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • In this condition, a lot of the hairs all over the scalp going into the resting phase all at once–this is seen clinically as an abrupt significant increase in shedding.
    Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
Definition of resting
Adjective
  • Confederate monuments were not, after all, slumberous.
    Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020
  • All differences of excellence, of position, of form are blurred by the slumberous acceptance.
    Elizabeth Hardwick, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
Definition of slumberous
Adjective
  • Returning to the somnolent complacency of years past is not an option.
    Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Neuroscientists have long had an explanation for our somnolent twitches.
    Amanda Gefter, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
Definition of somnolent
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