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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decompose \De`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decomposed}; p. pr & vb n. {Decomposing}.] [Cf. F. d['e]composer. Cf {Discompose}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decomposing adj : becoming rotten; "a field covered with thousands of decomposing bodies"; "John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave"; "rotting animal flesh is attractive to vultures" [syn: {moldering}, {mouldering}, {rotting}]
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