Reposit
/ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit. transitive
"Others reposit their young in holes."
- 2 To posit again. transitive
"Heidegger reposited the question which had earlier been posited by the doctor of monadology, Leibnitz."
- 3 put (something) in a place for storage wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Others reposit their young in holes."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of repōnō (“put back”), from re- + pōnō (“put”). See position.
Etymology 2
re- + posit