Ayliffe, Parergon

The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung. Goldsmith, Des. Vil., 1. 117. A may be more quickly responsive to a stimulus than B, and may have a wider range of sensibility, and yet not be more discriminative. J. Sully , Outlines of Psychol., p. 145. 4. Characterized by the use of responses: as, a responsive service of public worship.-5. In rest = Icel. röst , a mile, i. e. the distance between two resting-places, = Sw. Dan. rast , rest, = Goth. rasta , a stage of a journey, a mile; with abstract formative- st , ra , rest, Skt. V ram , rest, rejoice at, sport, > rat i , pleasure.] 1. A state of quiet or repose; absence or ce ation of motion, labor, or action of any kind; release from exertion or action. Whils for to sytte ye haue in komaundement, Youre heede, youre hande, your feet, holde yee in reste . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 4. Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest . Pope , Imit. of Horace, II. i. 242. The working of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest. Cowper , Task, vi. 739. 2. Freedom or relief from everything that disquiets, wearies, or disturbs; peace; quiet; security; tranquillity.