Repose, vb. 1) tr. to place: “the king --th all his confidence in thee,” R2 II, 4, 6.
2) refl. a) to take rest (the refl. pronoun in the form of the personal): “means to r. him here,” Shr. Ind. 1, 76. R2 II, 3, 161. H6B II, 1, 200. R3 III, 1, 65. Cor. I, 9, 74. Tit. I, 151. Lr. III, 2, 63. b) to lean on, to confide: “on thy fortune I r. myself,” H6C IV, 6, 47.
3) intr. a) to lie in rest: “and so r., sweet gold, for their unrest,” Tit. II, 3, 8. “his right cheek --ing on a cushion,” Cymb. IV, 2, 212. b) to rest, to sleep: Lucr. 382. Lucr. 382 Tp. IV, 162. R3 I, 4, 76. Tit. I, 353. c) to confide: “upon whose faith and honour I r.” Gent. IV, 3, 26. “--ing too far in his virtue,” All's III, 6, 15.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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