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requiescere [CL] 1 to take rest or repose, rest (from labour or exertion; in some quot. also w. ref. to relief from care or anxiety). b (facere ~scere, w. ref. to Matth. xi 28) to cause or allow (person) to rest. c (p. ppl.) rested, refreshed. d (in gl.). ut sepe postquam fessis menbris ~scebant alii V. Cuthb. I 3; freneticus ‥ ibi tota nocte ~scens Bede HE IV 3 p. 212; resides, ~scendo otiosus GlC R 87; 1093 ipse est qui invitat laborantes et oneratos amore et curis ‥ ut ad se veniant et ~scant Anselm (Ep. 161) IV 32; habitacula construxerat, ut post laborem itineris peregrini ac pauperes illuc ~turi divertere possent Turgot Marg. 9 p. 247; nocte illa sub olivarum virgultis ~vit W. Malm. GR IV 376; ut bibant donec ‥ in pace ‥ dormiant et ~scant J. Ford Serm. 94. 9.  b veni ad Christum siquidem laboras ‥ et ipse te ‥ ~scere faciet Gildas EB 29.  c dein modicum ~tus levavit se Bede HE IV 20 p. 250.  d ~sco, A. to bygynne to rest WW. 2 to desist from activity, be idle. b to desist or take a break (from, w. ab & abl.). c (w. ref. to time spent in prayer or meditation). d (of leg. plea) to remain dormant. Picti ‥ tunc primum et deinceps ~verunt, praedas ‥ nonnumquam facientes Gildas EB 21; in hac provincia ~scite, et inter hostes undique circumspecti estote Ord. Vit. VII 5 p. 174.  b ergo ~scit omnes [sic] homo ab opere suo Theod. Laterc. 23.  c vaca aliquantulum Deo, et ~sce aliquantulum in eo Anselm (Prosl. 1) I 97; sic diu exercitatus in activa, incipit ~scere in vita speculativa Ord. Vit. VI 3 p. 11.  d placitum per xviiij annos, usque ‥ ad tempus ‥ Roberti abbatis xvj, ~vit Meaux III 34. 3 (of person or his or her physical remains) to lie at rest, to rest (in death); b (in fig. context); c (transf., w. reliquiae as subj.); d (of rest of the Seven Sleepers). corpus incorruptibile ~scens et quasi dormiens in sepulcro lapideo V. Cuthb. IV 13; ubi ipse etiam corpore una cum pluribus sanctis ~scit Bede HE III 4 p. 133; cymiterium, locus ubi ~scunt corpora GlC C 978; in Scireburnan juxta fratrem suum ‥ sepultus ~scit Asser Alf. 19; a1216 legavit animam et corpus suum Deo et ecclesie S. Marie de Esseby ~scendum FormA 423; 1418 in eadem ecclesia ubi corpus predicti W. nuper mariti mei ~scit Reg. Cant. II 161.  b in sepulcro glorioso vacationis interne in pace ‥ dormiant et ~scant cum ‥ sponso suo Christo J. Ford Serm. 98. 13.  c c1130 ad honorem ‥ omnium reliquiarum in presenti ecclesia ~scentium Ch. Westm. 244.  d septem dormientes in Celio monte ~scere W. Malm. GR II 225. 4 (theol., of the blessed in heaven after death) to rest, repose. qui [sc. Deus] repromisit post finem mundi in suis sanctis omnibus ~scere Theod. Laterc. 23; ~scis, o felix, in gaudio Anselm (Or. 13) III 54; post obitum vivam secum, secum requiescam (Vers.) W. Malm. GR III 284; clamemus ‘anima Cnutonis ~scat in pace’ Enc. Emmae II 24; nunc ‥ in amena sede ‥ gaudentes ~scunt Ord. Vit. VII 8 p. 191. 5 to come to rest, rest (upon, w. super & acc.; in quot. of Holy Spirit, cf. Is. xi 2). b to be at rest (in or on), reside (in, w. in & abl.; of Holy Spirit); c (in leg. context, of right or title). locus requietionis est [ecclesia], nam super habitatores ejus loci Spiritus Domini ~scit P. Blois Serm. 714A; licet igitur inveniamus scriptum quod Spiritus Sanctus ~scit super humiles Gros. Cess. Leg. II 3. 7 p. 84.  b significavit Jesus ‥ Joanni quales sint aquarum rivuli super quos habeat ipse oculos suos, et in quibus ‥ ~scit spiritus ejus [cf. Cant. v 12] J. Ford Serm. 19. 4.  c 1286 feodum et liberum tenementum dictarum acrarum ~scit in persona dicta Rogeri Cal. CourtR Chester 212. 6 (of thing) to rest upon, be supported by (w. super & acc.). b (of ship, ~scere in anchoris) to lie at anchor, be anchored. c (of person) to rest or lie upon (part of body, w. super & acc.). ~scit archa super montes Armenie Ad. Dore Pictor 151; 1313 gutturam ‥ Roberti pacifice ~scere super murum lapideum ‥ Alexandri RR K's Lynn I 70.  b quidam ea tempestate dispersi ‥ pro majori parte noctis ~runt in anchoris G. Hen. V 25 p. 176.  c super dextrum illos [sc. septem dormientes] latus quiescere [ed. RS: requiescere] W. Malm. GR II 225.

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