1. [n]  freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
2. [n]  a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"
3. [n]  a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
4. [n]  something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"
5. [n]  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"
6. [n]  a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"
7. [n]  a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
8. [v]  be at rest
9. [v]  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"
10. [v]  take a short breath
11. [v]  give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
12. [v]  rest on or as if on a pillow, of one's head
13. [v]  sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee"
14. [v]  not move; be in a resting position
15. [v]  put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"
16. [v]  be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"
17. [v]  be inherent or innate in;
18. [v]  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"

1. \Rest\ (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.]
   To arrest. [Obs.]
   

2. \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.
            Sleep give thee all his rest!         --Shak.
   2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs;
      peace; security.
            And the land had rest fourscore years. --Judges iii.
                                                  30.
   3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
            How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their
            country's wishes blest.               --Collins.
   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.
            He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams
            should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
                                                  --1 Kings vi.
                                                  6.
   5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the
      cuirass, serving to support the lance.
            Their visors closed, their lances in the rest.
                                                  --Dryden.
   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.
            In dust our final rest, and native home. --Milton.
            Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the
            inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
                                                  --Deut. xii.
                                                  9.
   7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a c[ae]sura.
   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.
   9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]
   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.
   {Rest house}, an empty house for the accomodation of
      travelers; a caravansary. [India]
   {To set, 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.
   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.
   

3. \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.
            God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his
            work which he had made.               --Gen. ii. 2.
            Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh
            day thou shalt rest.                  --Ex. xxiii.
                                                  12.
   2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet
      or still.
            There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton.
   3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a
      couch.
   4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column
      rests on its pedestal.
   5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
            Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when
            Nature rests.                         --Milton.
   6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose
      without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
            On him I rested, after long debate, And not without
            considering, fixed ?? fate.           --Dryden.
   7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
            To rest in Heaven's determination.    --Addison.
   {To rest with}, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it
      rests with him to decide.
   

4. \Rest\, v. t.
   1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
            Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my
            wandering shade.                      --Dryden.
   2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
            Her weary head upon your bosom rest.  --Waller.
   

5. \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.
            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.
   2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the
      remainder; others. ``Plato and the rest of the
      philosophers.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet.
            Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
                                                  --DRyden.
   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.]
   Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve;
        others.
   

6. \Rest\, v. i. [F. rester. See {Rest} remainder.]
   To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
         The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak.
   

(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.