Reposit

//ɹɪˈpɒzɪt// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit. transitive

    "Others reposit their young in holes."

  2. 2
    To posit again. transitive

    "Heidegger reposited the question which had earlier been posited by the doctor of monadology, Leibnitz."

  3. 3
    put (something) in a place for storage wordnet

Synonyms

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bankbundle awaycachecofferdeposedeposit

Example

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"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

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