reposit

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/ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/

verb

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

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depositdepose
OriginLatin repositus →
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Meanings

reposit1

verbreposit (third-person singular simple present reposits, present participle repositing, simple past and past participle reposited)

present singular third person reposits · participle present repositing · participle past reposited · past reposited

  1. transitiveTo 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

    Synonyms: deposit, depose

reposit2

verbreposit (third-person singular simple present reposits, present participle repositing, simple past and past participle reposited)

present singular third person reposits · participle present repositing · participle past reposited · past reposited

  1. transitiveTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit.

Similar
depositdepose
Also see
depositstation

Origin

reposit · verb

  1. Latinrepositus
  2. Englishreposit

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

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reposit · verb

re- + posit

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ripostepositerSpiertoisopterperiost
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APA

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MLA

“reposit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reposit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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