reposit

verb — 2 senses

reposit

verb

/ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/

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

1

To 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:
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reposit

verb

Etymology re- + posit

1

To 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:

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