[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

roost \roost\, v. i. imp.  p. p. roosted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   roosting.
   1. to sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a
      tree, etc.; to perch. --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.; to lodge; to rest; to sleep.
      1913 webster

            o, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
            o, let me roost and nestle there.     --herbert.
      1913 webster
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roosted roosting 

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