RECOMPOSE

Etymology

Verb

recompose (third-person singular simple present recomposes, present participle recomposing, simple past and past participle recomposed)

(transitive) To compose or construct again.

(transitive) To bring (oneself) back to a state of calm.

Source: Wiktionary


Re`com*pose" (-pz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recomposed (-pzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recomposing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.]

1. To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly. The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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