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rested on

rested on is the simple past and past participle of rest on.

Meaning of rest on

Verb

rest on (third-person singular simple present rests on, present participle resting on, simple past and past participle rested on)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rest, on.
  2. To depend on.

Questions about rested on

What is rested on the simple past and past participle of?
Rested on is the simple past and past participle of rest on.

Words near rested on in the dictionary

  1. rested
  2. rested and vested
  3. rested assured
  4. rested easy
  5. rested in peace
  6. rested on
  7. rested on one's laurels
  8. rested one's case
  9. rested one's soul
  10. rested up
  11. rested upon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rested on (page history and authors); rest on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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