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Definition of Rests

Rest
Rest Rest (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.] To arrest. [Obs.]
Rest
Rest Rest, v. t. 1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet. Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade. --Dryden. 2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. Her weary head upon your bosom rest. --Waller.
Rest
Rest Rest, n. [F. reste, fr. rester to remain, L. restare to stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See Stand, and cf. Arrest, Restive.] (With the definite article.) 1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and, for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give. --Tillotson. 2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. ``Plato and the rest of the philosophers.' --Bp. Stillingfleet. Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears. --DRyden. 3. (Com.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. [Eng.] Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others.
Rest
Rest Rest, v. i. [F. rester. See Rest remainder.] To be left; to remain; to continue to be. The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak.

Meaning of Rests from wikipedia

- Look up rest or REST in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rest or REST may refer to: Sleep Bed rest Break (work) Kneeling Lying (position) Sitting Squatting...
- REST (Representational State Transfer) is a software architectural style that was created to guide the design and development of the architecture for the...
- with (e.g. quarter note and quarter rest, or quaver and quaver rest), and each of them has a distinctive sign. Rests are intervals of silence in pieces...
- The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is a 2007 nonfiction book by the American music critic Alex Ross, first published by Farrar, Straus...
- (so called ladle rest). The rests are made of many materials, including wood, plastic, ceramic, stainless steel. Spoon and chopstick rest Sanchez, Ana. "The...
- Rabbit at Rest is a 1990 novel by John Up****. It is the fourth and final novel in a tetralogy, succeeding Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; and Rabbit Is Rich...
- Chris Rest is an American guitarist best known for his work with the bands No Use For A Name, Rich Kids on LSD, and Lagwagon. He is Rich Kids on LSD's...
- Look up no rest for the wicked in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. No Rest for the Wicked may refer to: A translated proverb From the Book of Isaiah verses...
- In dentistry, the epithelial cell rests of Mal****ez (ERM) or epithelial rests of Mal****ez (pax epithelialis pediodontii) are part of the periodontal ligament...
- The Rest of the Story was a Monday-through-Friday radio program originally hosted by Paul Harvey. Beginning as a part of his newscasts during the Second...