Reproach - REPROACH, v.t. [L. prox, in proximus.]
1. To censure in terms of opprobrium or contempt.
Mezentius with his ardor warm'd his fainting friends, reproach'd their shameful flight, repell'd the victors.
2. To charge with a fault in severe language.
That shame there sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
3. To upbraid; to suggest blame for any thing. A man's conscience will reproach him for a criminal, mean or unworthy action.
4. To treat with scorn or contempt. Luke 6.
REPROACH, n.
1. Censure mingled with contempt or derision; contumelious or opprobrious language towards any person; abusive reflections; as foul-mouthed reproach.
2. Shame; infamy; disgrace.
Give not thine heritage to reproach. Joel 2. Isa 4.
3. Object of contempt, scorn or derision.
Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may be no more a reproach. Neh 2.
4. That which is the cause of shame or disgrace. Gen 30.
Reproach - REPROACH, v.t. [L. prox, in proximus.]
1. To censure in terms of opprobrium or contempt.
Mezentius with his ardor warm'd his fainting friends, reproach'd their shameful flight, repell'd the victors.
2. To charge with a fault in severe language.
That shame there sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
3. To upbraid; to suggest blame for any thing. A man's conscience will reproach him for a criminal, mean or unworthy action.
4. To treat with scorn or contempt. Luke 6.
REPROACH, n.
1. Censure mingled with contempt or derision; contumelious or opprobrious language towards any person; abusive reflections; as foul-mouthed reproach.
2. Shame; infamy; disgrace.
Give not thine heritage to reproach. Joel 2. Isa 4.
3. Object of contempt, scorn or derision.
Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may be no more a reproach. Neh 2.
4. That which is the cause of shame or disgrace. Gen 30.
Rereward - RE'RE-WARD, n. [rear and ward.] The part of an army that marches in the rear, as the guard; the rear guard. [The latter othography is to be preferred.] Num 10. Isa 52.
Rest - REST, n. [L. resto, if the latter is a compound of re and sto; but is an original word. See Verb.]
1. Cessation of motion or action of any kind, and applicable to any body or being; as rest from labor; rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. A body is at rest, when it ceases to move; the mind is at rest, when it ceases to be disturbed or agitated; the sea is never at rest. Hence,
2. Quiet; repose; a state free from motion or disturbance; a state of reconciliation to God.
Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls. Mat 11.
3. Sleep; as, retire to rest.
4. Peace; national quiet.
The land had rest eighty years. Judg 3. Deu 12.
5. The final sleep, death.
6. A place of quiet; permanent habitation.
Ye are not as yet come to the rest, and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. Deu 12.
7. Any place of repose.
In dust, our final rest, and native home.
8. That on which any thing leans or lies for support. 1 Ki 6.
Their vizors clos'd, their lances in the rest.
9. In poetry, a short pause of the voice in reading; a cesura.
10. In philosophy, the continuance of a body in the same place.
11. Final hope.
Sea fights have been final to the war; but this is, when princes set up their rest upon the battle. Obs.
12. Cessation from tillage. Lev 25.
13. The gospel church or new covenant state in which the people of God enjoy repose, and Christ shall be glorified.
Isa 11.
14. In music, a pause; an interval during which the voice is intermitted; also, the mark of such intermission.
REST, n. [L. resto.]
1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder.
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.
2. Others; those not included in a proposition or description. [In this sense, rest is a noun, but with a singular termination expressing plurality.]
Plato and the rest of the philosophers -
Arm'd like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
The election hath obtained it and the rest were blinded. Rom 11.
REST, v.i.
1. To cease from action or motion of any kind; to stop; a word applicable to any body or being, and to any kind of motion.
2. To cease from labor, work or performance.
God rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen 2.
So the people rested on the seventh day. Exo 16.
3. To be quiet or still; to be undisturbed.
There rest, if any rest can harbor there.
4. To cease from war; to be at peace.
And the land rested from war. Josh 11.
5. To be quiet or tranquil, as the mind; not to be agitated by fear, anxiety or other passion.
6. To lie; to repose; as, to rest on a bed.
7. To sleep; to slumber.
Fancy then retires into her private cell, when nature rests.
8. to sleep the final sleep; to die or be dead.
Glad I'd lay me down, as in my mother's lap; ther I should rest, and sleep secure.
9. To lean; to recline for support; as, to rest the arm on a table. The truth of religion rests on divine testimony.
10. to stand on; to be supported by; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
11. To be satisfied; to acquiesce; as, to rest on heaven's determination.
12. To lean; to trust; to rely; as, to rest on a man's promise.
13. To continue fixed. Isa 51.
14. To terminate; to come to an end. Ezek 16.
15. To hang, lie or be fixed.
Over a tent a cloud shall rest by day.
16. To abide; to remain with.
They said, the spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. 2 Ki 2. Eccl 7.
17. To be calm or composed in mind; to enjoy peace of conscience.
REST, v.i. To be left; to remain. Obs.
REST, v.t.
1. To lay at rest; to quiet.
Your piety has paid all needful rites, to rest my wandering shade.
2. To place, as on a support. We rest our cause on the truth of the Scripture.
Her weary head upon your bosom rest.
Rest - REST, n. [L. resto, if the latter is a compound of re and sto; but is an original word. See Verb.]
1. Cessation of motion or action of any kind, and applicable to any body or being; as rest from labor; rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. A body is at rest, when it ceases to move; the mind is at rest, when it ceases to be disturbed or agitated; the sea is never at rest. Hence,
2. Quiet; repose; a state free from motion or disturbance; a state of reconciliation to God.
Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls. Mat 11.
3. Sleep; as, retire to rest.
4. Peace; national quiet.
The land had rest eighty years. Judg 3. Deu 12.
5. The final sleep, death.
6. A place of quiet; permanent habitation.
Ye are not as yet come to the rest, and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. Deu 12.
7. Any place of repose.
In dust, our final rest, and native home.
8. That on which any thing leans or lies for support. 1 Ki 6.
Their vizors clos'd, their lances in the rest.
9. In poetry, a short pause of the voice in reading; a cesura.
10. In philosophy, the continuance of a body in the same place.
11. Final hope.
Sea fights have been final to the war; but this is, when princes set up their rest upon the battle. Obs.
12. Cessation from tillage. Lev 25.
13. The gospel church or new covenant state in which the people of God enjoy repose, and Christ shall be glorified.
Isa 11.
14. In music, a pause; an interval during which the voice is intermitted; also, the mark of such intermission.
REST, n. [L. resto.]
1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder.
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.
2. Others; those not included in a proposition or description. [In this sense, rest is a noun, but with a singular termination expressing plurality.]
Plato and the rest of the philosophers -
Arm'd like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
The election hath obtained it and the rest were blinded. Rom 11.
REST, v.i.
1. To cease from action or motion of any kind; to stop; a word applicable to any body or being, and to any kind of motion.
2. To cease from labor, work or performance.
God rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen 2.
So the people rested on the seventh day. Exo 16.
3. To be quiet or still; to be undisturbed.
There rest, if any rest can harbor there.
4. To cease from war; to be at peace.
And the land rested from war. Josh 11.
5. To be quiet or tranquil, as the mind; not to be agitated by fear, anxiety or other passion.
6. To lie; to repose; as, to rest on a bed.
7. To sleep; to slumber.
Fancy then retires into her private cell, when nature rests.
8. to sleep the final sleep; to die or be dead.
Glad I'd lay me down, as in my mother's lap; ther I should rest, and sleep secure.
9. To lean; to recline for support; as, to rest the arm on a table. The truth of religion rests on divine testimony.
10. to stand on; to be supported by; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
11. To be satisfied; to acquiesce; as, to rest on heaven's determination.
12. To lean; to trust; to rely; as, to rest on a man's promise.
13. To continue fixed. Isa 51.
14. To terminate; to come to an end. Ezek 16.
15. To hang, lie or be fixed.
Over a tent a cloud shall rest by day.
16. To abide; to remain with.
They said, the spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. 2 Ki 2. Eccl 7.
17. To be calm or composed in mind; to enjoy peace of conscience.
REST, v.i. To be left; to remain. Obs.
REST, v.t.
1. To lay at rest; to quiet.
Your piety has paid all needful rites, to rest my wandering shade.
2. To place, as on a support. We rest our cause on the truth of the Scripture.
Her weary head upon your bosom rest.