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reposit

(ri päz′it)

transitive verb

to deposit or store, as for safekeeping
Rare to replace

Origin: < L repositus: see repository

See reposit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·pos·it·ed, re·pos·it·ing, re·pos·its

To put away; store.
To put back; replace.

Origin:

Origin: Latin repōnere, reposit-

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots

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