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reposit

[ ri-poz-it ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to put back; replace.
  2. to lay up or store; deposit.


reposit

/ ɪˈɒɪ /

verb

  1. tr to put away, deposit, or store up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reposit1

1635–45; < Latin repositus (past participle of ōԱ to replace), equivalent to re- re- + posit ( us ), past participle of ōԱ to place, put; posit
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reposit1

C17: from Latin repositus replaced, from ōԱ ; see repose ², posit
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The narrowness of the chambers proves that it could afford no retreat from enemies, and treasures might have been reposited at far less expense with equal security.

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As such he has no further need of either mortifications or religious observances; but “with the sacrificial fires reposited in his mind,” he may devote the remainder of his days to meditating on the divinity.

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Merely positing and repositing an old question is a very stale trick in religious controversy.

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He governed as wisely as he had lived; and at his death, his picture, bearing on the head eight pennies, was reposited among the effigies of the deceased emperors.

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All poisons lessen vitality and deteriorate the ultimate tissue in which force is reposited.

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