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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composure \Com*po"sure\, n. [From {Compose}.]
1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a
composition. [Obs.]
Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of
composure [in music] and teaching. --Evelyn.
2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. [Obs.]
Various composures and combinations of these
corpuscles. --Woodward.
3. Frame; make temperament. [Obs.]
His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things
can not blemish. --Shak.
4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity;
repose. ``We seek peace and composure.'' --Milton.
When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind
enjoys its most perfect composure. --I. Watts.
5. A combination; a union; a bond. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
composure
n : steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems
with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: {calm}, {calmness},
{equanimity}] [ant: {discomposure}]
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