reposit

[ ri-poz-it ]

verb (used with object)

1. to put back; replace.
2. to lay up or store; deposit.

reposit

/ rɪˈpɒzɪt /

verb

1. tr to put away, deposit, or store up

Word History and Origins

Origin of reposit¹

1635–45; < Latin repositus (past participle of repōnere to replace), equivalent to re- re- + posit ( us ), past participle of pōnere to place, put; posit

Word History and Origins

Origin of reposit¹

C17: from Latin repositus replaced, from repōnere ; see repose ², posit

Example Sentences

The narrowness of the chambers proves that it could afford no retreat from enemies, and treasures might have been reposited at far less expense with equal security.

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As such he has no further need of either mortifications or religious observances; but “with the sacrificial fires reposited in his mind,” he may devote the remainder of his days to meditating on the divinity.

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Merely positing and repositing an old question is a very stale trick in religious controversy.

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He governed as wisely as he had lived; and at his death, his picture, bearing on the head eight pennies, was reposited among the effigies of the deceased emperors.

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All poisons lessen vitality and deteriorate the ultimate tissue in which force is reposited.

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