to reposit
- verb
- /rɪˈpɒzɪt/
- After the event, they decided to reposit the leftover supplies for future use.
Examples
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The museum will reposit the artwork in a climate-controlled vault.
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Where in this most streamlined and trunkless of transports, boner inspiring though it may be, where in, are we to reposit our recently deceased cargo?
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Please reposit the important documents in the designated file cabinet.
Synonyms
Keep something for use later
To put something away to use later
To place something in its usual place for storage
To keep something for a particular person or purpose
To store documents or emails in a safe place for long-term keeping and later use
Keep or save something for future use
Put something in a hidden place to use later
To place papers in order and keep them where you can find them later
To put something in a safe place to use later
To put things in a safe place for later use
To hide things like food or money in a secret place for later use
Put money or things aside in a safe place to use later
Put fragile items into safe storage to protect them
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reposit comes from Latin parts re- meaning 'back' and posit from ponere meaning 'to place', the same root you see in deposit and position. So to reposit something is to 'place back' or store it safely for future use.