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Meaning of REPOSIT

Pronunciation:  ri'pâzit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  put (something) is a place for storage; "the treasure found int he ancient tomb was reposited in the museum"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*pos"it\ (r[-e]*p[o^]z"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Reposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repositing}.] [L. repositus, p.
p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put.
See {Position}.]
To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for
safety or preservation; to place; to store.
      Others reposit their young in holes.     --Derham.
 

 

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