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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

reposit en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of repōnō (“put back”), from re- + pōnō (“put”). See position.

Meanings

(transitive) To cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit.
- Others reposit their young in holes. 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
reposited	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
reposited	Tense=Past		lexicographic
reposits	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
repositing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Relateds

Synonyms

depose · deposit

reposit en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

re- + posit

Meanings

(transitive) To posit again.
- Heidegger reposited the question which had earlier been posited by the doctor of monadology, Leibnitz. 2013, Ephraim-Stephen Essien, editor, Summa Philosophica: An Introduction to Philosophy and Logic, page 371:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
reposited	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
reposited	Tense=Past		lexicographic
repositing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
reposits	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic