rest on

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Verb	1.	rest on - rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired" lean against, lean on adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
	2.	rest on - be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?" build on, build upon, repose on depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on, ride - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" owe - be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"

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We rest on Sunday, because the commandment requires it; the Germans rest on Sunday because the commandment requires it.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

Ona and her cousin dragged a mattress into the parlor and slept at night, and the three men and the oldest boy slept in the other room, having nothing but the very level floor to rest on for the present.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

And so he is at rest on all sides, and consequently he carries out his revenge calmly and successfully, being persuaded that he is doing a just and honest thing.

Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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