Meaning of requiescent | Babel Free

Definitions

Quiescent; quiet; at rest.

uncommon

Examples

“Confidence he must have had, in the highest, in his own resources, or he could never have believed himself able, after putting down the Norman faction by Saxon arms, to resume his own place at the head of his feudal nobility, and replace the nobility in their predominating height of pride above the requiescent natives. Yet all this he did.”

“Weep, oh ye kindred spirits, weep, That haunt the air, the earth, the deep; And where in peace thy Byron slumbers, Pour the requiescent numbers.”

“Truly, this is an hour for rest, for all nature is in a requiescent mood”

“The requiescent Yates seemed to share a sardonic smile with the rug.”

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