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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
rest
    n 1: something left after other parts have been taken away;
         "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he
         took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn:
         remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum,
         rest]
    2: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
       "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease,
       repose, relaxation]
    3: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when
       they take time for short rests" [syn: respite, rest,
       relief, rest period]
    4: a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest
       until acted upon"
    5: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a
       bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her
       husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn:
       rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus]
    6: a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied
       on a special rest"
    7: a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified
       duration
    v 1: not move; be in a resting position
    2: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
       [syn: rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a
       breather]
    3: give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a
       moment"
    4: have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of
       Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility
       rests with the Allies" [syn: lie, rest]
    5: be at rest [ant: be active, move]
    6: stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained
       wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay
       alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather
       continued for another week" [syn: stay, remain, rest]
       [ant: change]
    7: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose]
    8: put something in a resting position, as for support or
       steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"
    9: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
       [syn: perch, roost, rest]
    10: rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn:
        pillow, rest]
    11: be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting
        over the summer"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rest \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. t. [For arrest.]
   To arrest. [Obs.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rest \Rest\, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G.
   rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r["o]st
   the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta
   a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to
   G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r[=o]w, Gr. 'erwh`. Cf. Ransack.]
   1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or
      labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest
      of body or mind. --Chaucer.
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            Sleep give thee all his rest!         --Shak.
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   2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs;
      peace; security.
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            And the land had rest fourscore years. --Judges iii.
                                                  30.
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   3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
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            How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
            By all their country's wishes blest.  --Collins.
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   4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a
      rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or
      steadying the work.
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            He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams
            should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
                                                  --1 Kings vi.
                                                  6.
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   5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the
      cuirass, serving to support the lance.
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            Their visors closed, their lances in the rest.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an
      inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. "Halfway houses and
      travelers' rests." --J. H. Newman.
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            In dust our final rest, and native home. --Milton.
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            Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the
            inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
                                                  --Deut. xii.
                                                  9.
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   7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a caesura.
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   8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a
      running account. "An account is said to be taken with
      annual or semiannual rests." --Abbott.
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   9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]
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   10. (Mus.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name
       of the character that stands for such silence. They are
       named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.
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   Rest house, an empty house for the accomodation of
      travelers; a caravansary. [India]

   To set one's rest or To set up one's rest, to have a
      settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when
      one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his
      hand. [Obs.] --Shak. --Bacon.
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   Syn: Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose;
        slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness;
        tranquillity; peacefulness; peace.

   Usage: Rest, Repose. Rest is a ceasing from labor or
          exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives
          relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words
          are commonly interchangeable.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rest \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rested; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Resting.] [AS. restan. See Rest, n.]
   1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action
      which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or
      exertion.
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            God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his
            work which he had made.               --Gen. ii. 2.
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            Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh
            day thou shalt rest.                  --Ex. xxiii.
                                                  12.
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   2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet
      or still.
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            There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton.
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   3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a
      couch.
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   4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column
      rests on its pedestal.
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   5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
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            Fancy . . . then retries
            Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton.
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   6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose
      without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
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            On him I rested, after long debate,
            And not without considering, fixed ?? fate.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
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            To rest in Heaven's determination.    --Addison.
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   To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it
      rests with him to decide.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rest \Rest\, v. t.
   1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
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            Your piety has paid
            All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
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            Her weary head upon your bosom rest.  --Waller.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rest \Rest\, v. i. [F. rester. See Rest remainder.]
   To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
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         The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rest \Rest\, n. [F. reste, fr. rester to remain, L. restare to
   stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See
   Stand, and cf. Arrest, Restive.] (With the definite
   article.)
   1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation
      of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder;
      residue.
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            Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the
            present comfort of having done our duty, and, for
            the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven
            can give.                             --Tillotson.
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   2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the
      remainder; others. "Plato and the rest of the
      philosophers." --Bp. Stillingfleet.
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            Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
                                                  --DRyden.
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   3. (Com.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to
      equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the
      balance of assets above liabilities. [Eng.]
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   Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve;
        others.
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8. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
REST
       REpresentational State Transfer (URL, AWS)
       

9. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Rest
   (1.) Gr. katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word _noah_ (Heb.
   4:1).
   
     (2.) Gr. anapausis, "rest from weariness" (Matt. 11:28).
   
     (3.) Gr. anesis, "relaxation" (2 Thess. 1:7).
   
     (4.) Gr. sabbatismos, a Sabbath rest, a rest from all work
   (Heb. 4:9; R.V., "sabbath"), a rest like that of God when he had
   finished the work of creation.
   

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