All 3 Uses of
repose
in
King Lear
- dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, virtue, or worth in thee Make thy words faith'd?†
Scene 2.1
- Gracious my lord, hard by here is a hovel; Some friendship will it lend you 'gainst the tempest: Repose you there, whilst I to this hard house,—More harder than the stones whereof 'tis rais'd; Which even but now, demanding after you, Denied me to come in,—return, and force Their scanted courtesy.†
Scene 3.2
- There is means, madam: Our foster nurse of nature is repose, The which he lacks; that to provoke in him Are many simples operative, whose power Will close the eye of anguish.†
Scene 4.4 *
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.