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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REST'ING, ppr. Ceasing to move or act; ceasing to be moved or agitated; lying; leaning; standing; depending or relying.

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. being or characterized by dormancy ; quiescent <a resting spore> <bulbs in the resting state> 2. not undergoing or marked by division ; vegetative <a resting nucleus>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rest Rest (r[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rested; p. pr. & vb. n. Resting.] [AS. restan. See Rest, n.] 1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion. God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. --Ex. xxiii. 12. 2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton. 3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch. 4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal. 5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton. 6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed ?? fate. --Dryden. 7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. To rest in Heaven's determination. --Addison. To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Resting Rest"ing, a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i. Resting spore (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of alg[ae], which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time. --C. E. Bessey.