All the rest synonym drivers#
All the rest synonym free#

Meaning 'cease from, have intermission' is late 14c., also 'rely on for support.' In law, 'voluntarily end the presentation of evidence to allow presentation of counter-evidence by the opposing party,' by 1905. Transitive senses 'give repose to lay or place, as on a support or basis' are from early 13c.

All the rest synonym free#

Middle English resten, from Old English ræstan, restan 'take repose by lying down lie in death or in the grave cease from motion, work, or performance be still or motionless be undisturbed, be free from what disquiets stand or lie as upon a support or basis,' from Proto-Germanic *rastejanan (source also of Old Saxon restian, Old Frisian resta, Middle Dutch rasten, Dutch rusten, Old High German reston, German rasten, Swedish rasta, Danish raste 'to rest'), a word of doubtful etymology (compare rest (n.1)). The colloquial expression give (something) a rest 'stop talking about it' is by 1927, American English.Įst and repose apply especially to the suspended activity of the body ease and quiet to freedom from occupation or demands for activity, especially of the body tranquility and peace to the freedom of the mind from harassing cares or demands.

All the rest synonym drivers#

In music, 'an interval of silence,' also the mark or sign denoting this, 1570s.Īt rest 'dead' is from mid-14c., on the notion of 'last rest, the big sleep, the grave.' The roadside rest stop for drivers on busy highways is by 1970.

The meaning 'that on which anything leans for support, thing upon which something rests' is attested from 1580s, with specific senses developing later.

Sense of 'absence or cessation of motion' is from late 15c. But if the original sense was 'repose,' the sense was extended secondarily to 'distance between two resting places.' The original prehistoric signification of the Germanic noun was perhaps a measure of distance compare Old High German rasta, which in addition to 'rest' meant 'league of miles,' Old Norse rost 'league, distance after which one rests,' Gothic rasta 'mile, stage of a journey.' If so, perhaps a word from the nomadic period. Old English ræste, reste 'rest a bed or couch intermission of labor mental peace, state of quiet or repose,' from Proto-Germanic *rasto- (source also of Old Saxon resta 'resting place, burial-place,' Dutch rust, Old High German rasta, German Rast 'rest, peace, repose'), a word of uncertain origin.