Usually means: Put to final, peaceful sleep.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word lay to rest:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. lay (someone) to rest, lay to rest: Merriam-Webster
  2. lay to rest: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lay to rest: Vocabulary.com
  4. lay to rest: Wiktionary
  5. lay to rest: Dictionary.com
  6. lay to rest: Rhymezone
  7. lay to rest: FreeDictionary.org
  8. lay to rest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. lay to rest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay to rest: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay to rest: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay to rest: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay to rest: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (lay to rest)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To bury someone who has died.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To close (a matter of dispute).

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