Definition of "at rest" [at rest]

• Not moving; stationary (phrase)
• Dead (phrase)

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• "The storm waters passed, and Little Rainbow was at rest in what had been dry plains land only minutes before."
• "So with her heart at rest on that point, Elnora hurried to the bed to find only her last summer's white dress, freshly washed and ironed."
• "Book of Proverbs, which had been entertained by ancient rabbis who belonged to the School of Shammai, reappeared in the Jewish assembly at Jamnia (about a.d. 100); but these were only theoretical difficulties which could not induce the Jewish leaders of the time to count this book out of the Canon, and which in fact were there and then set at rest for ever."