Past tense of repose

Forms of repose

Reposed in a sentence

• Peters reposed her 200 pounds on the safer of the two chairs and gazed stolidly out the one window at the brick wall opposite.1903–1906, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Harbinger”, in The Voice of the City, complete edition, Garden City, N.Y....
• Simon reposed in the year 1287.
• I reposed a great deal of confidence in his judgment.From the entry confidence
• The sole occupant reposed in comfort within a bubble of protective superplasma in a state of suspended animation.2009, Wayne Berry, Is This the Fun Part?: An Anthology, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 266. From the entry superplasma
• And somewhere, somewhere in all this nauticalness and officialese and professionalismo there reposed, Hradec was almost sure, the walkie-talkie.1993 April, Donald E[diwn] Westlake, chapter 8, in Don’t Ask (Dortmunder; 8), New York, N.Y.: Mysterious Press, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry nauticalness

Meaning of repose

1. verb To lay (someone, or part of their body) down to rest.
2. verb To rest (oneself), especially by going to sleep.
3. verb Followed by from or (obsolete) of: to cause (oneself) to take a rest from some activity; also, to allow (oneself) to recover from some activity.

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Questions about the past tense of repose

What is the past tense of repose?

The past tense of repose is reposed.

What is the past participle of repose?

The past participle of repose is reposed.

Is repose a regular or irregular verb?

Repose is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.