repose-pied, n.m., foot-rest.
reposer, v.a., to place again, to lay again, to set again; to rest (on anything); to lay; to repose, to settle; to refresh; (milit.) to ground arms. Cela repose la vue; that is restful to the eye. — la tête; to refresh the head.
se reposer, v.r., to rest one’s self, to rest, to repose, to lay one’s self down, to lie down; to rely on, to confide in; to settle, to settle down; to pause; to light (of birds). Se — après le travail; to rest after labor. Il faut que l’esprit se repose; the mind has need of rest. Se — sur; to depend upon, to rely on. Se — sur quelqu’un; to rely on, to depend upon, any one.
reposer, v.n., to rest, to lie; to repose; to lay one’s self down, to lie down, to lie fallow, to settle. Laisser —; (agri.) to let lie fallow.
reposoir, n.m., street altar (procession of the Fête-Dieu); resting-place; pause.
repoussant, -e, adj., repulsive, forbidding, repelling, loathsome, shocking.
repoussement (-poos-mān), n.m., repulsion; recoil (of fire-arms). V. recul, which is more frequently used. J’éprouve un certain — pour cet homme; I feel a sort of aversion to this man.
repousser, v.a., to repel; to drive back; to beat back, to force back, to push back; to thrust back, to thrust away; to reflect, to spurn; to repulse, to repel (an argument); to resent; to rebuff; to shoot out again (of plants); (print.) to prick in. — l’ennemi; to repulse the enemy. — la force par la force; to repel force by force. — la tentation; to repel temptation. — une demande; to reject a demand.
repousser, v.n., to be repulsive; to recoil; to kick (of fire-arms); to spring up, to come up again, to shoot up (of plants); to grow again (of the hair).
repoussoir, n.m., driving-bolt; starting-bolt; punch (of a dentist); (paint.) set-off, contrast.