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REPOSIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reposit mean?
• REPOSIT (verb)
The verb REPOSIT has 1 sense:
1. put (something) in a place for storage
Familiarity information: REPOSIT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they reposit ... he / she / it reposits
Past simple: reposited
Past participle: reposited
-ing form: repositing
... he / she / it reposits Past simple: reposited
Past participle: reposited
-ing form: repositing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put (something) in a place for storage
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
the treasure found in the ancient tomb was reposited in the museum
Hypernyms (to "reposit" is one way to...):
store (find a place for and put away for storage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
repositing; reposition (depositing in a warehouse)
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