Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COMPOSED
composed
(adjective) serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; “the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage”; “I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
composed (comparative more composed, superlative most composed)
showing composure.
Verb
composed
simple past tense and past participle of compose
Source: Wiktionary
Com*posed", a.
Definition: Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self- possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. Pope.
– Com*pos"ed*ly (, adv.
– Com*pos"ed*ness, n.
COMPOSE
Com*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Composed; p. pr. & vb. n. Composing.] Etym: [F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the prigin is different. See Pose, v. t.]
1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all pious affection. Bp. Sprat.
2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute. Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. Milton. A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. I. Watts.
3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture. Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. Pope. The genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper". B. R. Haydon.
4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. Dryden. How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. Milton.
5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet. Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. Dryden.
6. (Print.)
Definition: To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Com*pose", v. i.
Definition: To come to terms. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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