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Meanings of repose on in English

Spanish
descansar

Be based on; of theories and claims, for example.

        descansar
        Usage of repose on in English
        1
        My heart will travel southward, and repose on the hills of Santee.
        Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
        2
        If so, I should repose on him for the means of transportation.
        Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
        3
        Here were Frado's first feelings of trust and repose on human arm.
        Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-st...
        4
        I am weary; and would fain repose on your affectionate bosom.
        Philothea: A Grecian Romance
        5
        No, Gustave; in this task man never should repose on woman.
        The Parisians — Volume 12
        6
        Al-Afdal rearranged himself into a more elegant repose on his cushions.
        Siege of heaven
        7
        Never did medal nor order repose on a nobler heart.
        Hard Cash
        8
        No more cypresses, no more fireflies, no more dreaming repose on burning hot evenings.
        The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 2 of 2)
        9
        Thaddeus had found no repose on his restless pillow.
        Thaddeus of Warsaw
        10
        Decidedly either head would be a bad block for the other's wig to repose on.
        The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
        11
        Only after that did Satni enter her chamber and repose on her bed, inlaid with ivory.
        The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
        12
        I ventured to stretch my hand to the bonnet-grec which lay in grim repose on the window-sill.
        Villette
        13
        Now you have drawn near to hearken; you repose on high on Wa'hĭlĭ, O White Raven, ada'wehi.
        The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees / Seventh Annual Report of ...
        14
        Treaties between nations repose on this principle.
        American Eloquence, Volume 2 / Studies In American Political His...
        15
        You repose on high, O White Spider.
        The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees / Seventh Annual Report of ...
        16
        After an instant's consideration, I bent and picked him up from his repose on the hall rug.
        The Thing from the Lake
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