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re⋅pos⋅it

  [ri-poz-it]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to put back; replace.
2. to lay up or store; deposit.
Origin:
1635–45; < L repositus (ptp. of repōnere to replace), equiv. to re- re- + posit(us), ptp. of pōnere to place, put; see posit
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re·pos·it   (rĭ-pŏz'ĭt)   
tr.v.   re·pos·it·ed, re·pos·it·ing, re·pos·its

  1. To put away; store.

  2. To put back; replace.


[Latin repōnere, reposit- : re-, re- + pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
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