rest \rest\ re^st, v. i. imp.  p. p. rested; p. pr. 
   vb. n. resting. as. restan. see rest, n.
   1. to cease from action or motion, especially from action
      which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or
      exertion.
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            god . . . rested on the seventh day from all his
            work which he had made.               --gen. ii. 2.
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            six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh
            day thou shalt rest.                  --ex. xxiii.
                                                  12.
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   2. to be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet
      or still.
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            there rest, if any rest can harbor there. --milton.
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   3. to lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a
      couch.
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   4. to stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column
      rests on its pedestal.
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   5. to sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
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            fancy . . . then retries
            into her private cell when nature rests. --milton.
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   6. to lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose
      without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
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            on him i rested, after long debate,
            and not without considering, fixed ?? fate.
                                                  --dryden.
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   7. to be satisfied; to acquiesce.
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            to rest in heaven's determination.    --addison.
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   to rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it
      rests with him to decide.
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see also:
rested resting rest to rest with