reposit
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Verb (1)reposited, repositing
- put (something) in a place for storage“the treasure found in the ancient tomb was reposited in the museum”More general store
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Re·pos′it (rē-pŏz′ĭt), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Reposited; present participle & verbal noun Repositing.]
Origin: L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put. See Position.
To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.
Others reposit their young in holes.— William Derham
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54