reposit

/ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/

reposit verb: to cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit.

Verb (1)

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

(transitive) To cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit.
- Others reposit their young in holes.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
Synonyms:

deposit, depose

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

(transitive) To posit again.
- Heidegger reposited the question which had earlier been posited by the doctor of monadology, Leibnitz.2013, Ephraim-Stephen Essien, editor, Summa Philosophica: An Introduction to Philosophy and Logic, page 371

third-person singular present	reposits
present participle	repositing
past participle	reposited
past	reposited

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

re- + posit

What does reposit mean?: Reposit means to cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit.
What part of speech is reposit?: Reposit is a verb.
How do you pronounce reposit?: Reposit is pronounced /ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/.
What is the past tense of reposit?: The past tense of reposit is reposited.

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