Word Meanings - REPOSED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. Bacon. -- Re*pos"ed*ly (r, adv. -- Re*pos"ed*ness, n.

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• COMPOSITOUS
  Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin.
• BACON
  The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle , a beetle which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's
• BACONIAN
  Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy. Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.
• TRANQUIL
  Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil. A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow. De Quincey.
• COMPOSURE
  1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
• COMPOSSIBLE
  Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth.
• COMPOSE
  To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 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
• COMPOSER
  1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and
• TRANQUILNESS
  Quality or state of being tranquil.
• TRANQUILIZE; TRANQUILLIZE
  To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind. Syn. -- To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify. (more
• TRANQUILLY
  In a tranquil manner; calmly.
• COMPOSITE
  Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
• COMPOSTURE
  Manure; compost. Shak.
• TRANQUILLITY
  The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.
• COMPOSITAE
  A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.
• TRANQUILIZER; TRANQUILLIZER
  One who, or that which, tranquilizes.
• TRANQUILIZATION; TRANQUILLIZATION
  The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized.
• COMPOS-MENTIS
  One who is compos mentis.
• COMPOSED
  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.
• COMPOSING
  1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. Composing frame , a stand for holding cases of type when in use. -- Composing rule , a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing
• INDECOMPOSABLENESS
  Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.
• DECOMPOSE
  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.
• DECOMPOSITION
  1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of
• NON COMPOS; NON COMPOS MENTIS
  Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunati
• INTRANQUILLITY
  Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.