requiesce
/ˌrɛkwɪˈɛs/rare
verb
[no object] Especially of a dead body, soul, etc.: to rest, repose.
- In later use in conscious translation of the Latin phrase requiescat (also requiescant) in pace..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Urquhart (1611–1660), author and translator. From classical Latin requiēscere to take repose, rest from re- + quiēscere to come rest, to be quiet.
- homeshoring
- homesick
- homesickness
- home side
- home signal
- homesite
- home-sitter
- home-sitting
- homesourcing
- homespun
- home squadron
- home-stalled
- home stand
- home station
- homestay
- home-stayer
- homestead
- homestead block
- homesteader
- homestead exemption
- homesteading
- homesteadless
- homester
- home straight
- home stretch