REPOSIT


Meaning of REPOSIT in English

rə̇ˈpäzə̇t, rēˈp- transitive verb

Etymology: Latin repositus, past participle of reponere to replace, put back, from re- + ponere to put, place — more at position

1. : to lay away : deposit , store

buried sedimentary rocks which have entrapped the water in which the rocks were originally reposited — Westralian Farmers Co-op Gazette

2. : to put back in place : replace

he reposited the stomach in the abdomen — John Kobler

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