COMPONE

Etymology

Verb

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



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