Middle English Dictionary Entry
repōsen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | repōsen v.(1) |
| Etymology | From pōsen v.; cp. L reposuisse, p.inf. of repōnere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To put (sth.) back, replace.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.334 : Almaundes me may make With lettris growe; her shellis to disclose And write vpon the cornel, hool outake..and so repose [L reponas], And in their fruyt thy lettris wol be clere.