reposit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of repōnō (“put back”), from re- + pōnō (“put”). See position.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/

Verb

reposit (third-person singular simple present reposits, present participle repositing, simple past and past participle reposited)

1. (transitive) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.
   • 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:

     Others reposit their young in holes.

Related terms

• repository

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “reposit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Epirots, Prietos, isopter, periost, periots, porites, portise, positer, prostie, riposte, ropiest