requiesce

Borrowed from Middle French requiescer, from Latin requiescō; re- + quiescō (“I rest”), from quies (“rest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkwiˈɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

requiesce (third-person singular simple present requiesces, present participle requiescing, simple past and past participle requiesced)

1. (intransitive, now rare) To rest, repose.

• “requiesce, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

requiēsce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of requiēscō