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- adjective recovered
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
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Examples
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All the rest -- acres of pasture, cleared and grassed, stretches of fertile ground, blocks of noble timber still uncut -- had passed through the hands of mortgage holders, through bank transfers, by devious and tortuous ways, until the title rested in Horace Gower, -- who had promptly built the showy summer house on Cradle Bay to flaunt in his face, so old
Poor Man's Rock Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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He looked forward to long rides, just the two of them, across the billowing sweep of Desert Valley, in the golden time when the title rested secure with them, in the time when at last all dreams came true.
The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912
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By the time the league was back to normal in March, it was clear that the race for the title rested between Spurs, Leicester and Everton.
Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk 2010
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By the time the league was back to normal in March, it was clear that the race for the title rested between Spurs, Leicester and Everton.
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The Horsemen's chances for another title rested squarely on Romero's shoulders and both teams knew it.
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By the Declaration of Right, upon which their title rested, it was decreed that after the death of William and Mary no person holding the Roman Catholic faith should ever be king or queen of
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Dr. LACEY: Well, you know, in most people, the average amount of sleep that one requires to feel well-rested is in the neighborhood of seven to seven and a half.
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Dr. LACEY: Well, you know, in most people, the average amount of sleep that one requires to feel well-rested is in the neighborhood of seven to seven and a half.
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Dr. LACEY: Well, you know, in most people, the average amount of sleep that one requires to feel well-rested is in the neighborhood of seven to seven and a half.
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Dr. LACEY: Well, you know, in most people, the average amount of sleep that one requires to feel well-rested is in the neighborhood of seven to seven and a half.
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