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Rest
Rest Rest (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.]
To arrest. [Obs.]
Rest
Rest 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.
RestRest 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. RestRest 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.
Meaning of Rest from wikipedia
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reStructuredText (RST,
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- A
rest is the
absence of a
sound for a
defined period of time in music, or one of the
musical notation signs used to
indicate that. The
length of a rest...
- Bed
rest, also
referred to as the
rest-cure, is a
medical treatment in
which a
person lies in bed for most of the time to try to cure an illness. Bed rest...
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Clouds Rest is a
mountain in
Yosemite National Park,
located east-northeast of
Yosemite Village, California.
Although there are many
peaks in the park...
- The
Rest of the
Story was a Monday-through-Friday
radio program originally hosted by Paul Harvey.
Beginning as a part of his
newscasts during the Second...
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Rest is a
compilation album released by the
Scottish band
Deacon Blue in
October 2012. It is part of the band's
catalogue reissue program. The
Rest,...
- The
Rest Is
History may
refer to: The
Rest Is
History (podcast), a
history podcast hosted by Tom
Holland and
Dominic Sandbrook The
Rest Is
History (Jin...
- The
Rest Is Noise:
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