compone (third-person singular simple present compones, present participle componing, simple past and past participle componed)
(archaic, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. componere. See Compound.]
Definition: To compose; to settle; to arrange. [Obs.] A good pretense for componing peace. Strype.
Com*po"ne, a. Etym: [F.]
Definition: See Compony.
Com*po"ny, Com*po"né, a. Etym: [F. componé.] (Her.)
Definition: Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
