2. Verb. (third-person singular of rest) ¹
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Definition of Rests
1. rest [v] - See also: rest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rests
Literary usage of Rests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Accordingly we find rests corresponding in value to each of the notes then in
use, as shown in the following table. Longs. Bn'vis. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"Unless the Court is bound by the particular directions of the Will, the account
must be taken in the ordinary course, at 4 per cent.; and without rests. ..."
3. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"There is a difference in the basis of the gain from international trade, and in
its probable extent, according as it rests on differences merely in ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
""As a general rule, the burden of proof rests with that party who would be ...
"The burden of proving any given claim or defense rests upon the one who ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"His fame rests principally on his acquaintance with the Oriental languages. ...
His chief claim to notice rests, however, upon his connection with the ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The longer arm of the lever is formed into a jaw which rests on the inner face
of the breech opening beneath the rim of the cartridge case, and the short ..."
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