Both Uses of
repose
in
Animal Farm
- And very comfortable beds they are too! But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays. You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades?
p. 67.9 *repose = rest
- Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen.†
p. 100.6reposed = rested or lay
Definitions:
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(1)
(repose as in: repose on the sofa) to rest or lie
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Repose can also mean to put something (e.g., trust) in someone or something.