recompose en · VERB
Etymology
From re + compose; semantically partly borrowed from Latin recompōnō.
Meanings
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(transitive) To compose or construct again.
to dissolve and recompose a substance
So far as we can recompose, from the broken fragments of tradition, a picture of the religious and political condition of the Eleusinian people in the olden time
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 107:
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(transitive) To bring (oneself) back to a state of calm.
Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recomposes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recomposed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recomposed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recomposing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |