n.
Function: intransitive verb
Date: before 12th century
1 a : to get rest by lying down especially : SLEEP b : to lie dead
2 : to cease from action or motion : refrain from labor or exertion
3 : to be free from anxiety or disturbance
4 : to sit or lie fixed or supported <a column rest s on its pedestal>
5 a : to remain confident : TRUST <cannot rest on that assumption> b : to be based or founded <the verdict rest ed on several sound precedents>
6 : to remain for action or accomplishment <the answer rest s with you>
7 of farmland : to remain idle or uncropped
8 : to bring to an end voluntarily the introduction of evidence in a law case
transitive verb
1 : to give rest to
2 : to set at rest
3 : to place on or against a support
4 : to cause to be firmly fixed < rest ed all hope in his child>
5 : to desist voluntarily from presenting evidence pertinent to (a case at law)
– rest · er noun