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48. 3. Sleep; slumber; hence, the last sleep; death; the grave. reste. After al this surfet and acce e he hedde, That he slepte Seturday and Sonenday til sonne wente to Piers Plowman (A), v. 210. One that thinks a man always going to bed, and says, "God give you good rest !" Shak ., C. of E., iv. 3. 33. In dust, our final rest and native home. Milton , P. L., x. 1085. question: as, a party is not bound by an an- swer given by his own witne if it is not re- sponsive to the question, but may have the irre- 5. Stay; abode. sponsive matter struck out. II. n . An answer; a response; a reply. Responsives to such as ye wrote of the dates before re- hearsed. Bp. Burnet , Records, ii. 23. sive manner. responsively (re-spon's iv-li), adv . In a responresponsivene (re-spon's iv-nes), n. The state Respo of being responsive. responsorial (res-pon-so'ri-al), a. and n. responsory + -al .] I. a . Responsive; specifically, sung in response to or alternation with a lector or precentor. That you vouchsafe your rest here in our court Some little time. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 13. 6. That on or in which anything leans or lies for support.