DECOMPOSED

Verb

decomposed

simple past tense and past participle of decompose

Source: Wiktionary


De`com*posed", a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

DECOMPOSE

De`com*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decomposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decomposing.] Etym: [Cf. F. décomposer. Cf. Discompose.]

Definition: To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.

De`com*pose", v. i.

Definition: To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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