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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discompose \Dis`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discomposed};
p. pr & vb n. {Discomposing}.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf
OF decomposer, F. d['e]composer.]
1. To disarrange; to interfere with to disturb; to disorder;
to unsettle; to break up
Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. --Pope.
2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the
composure or equanimity; to agitate.
Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity.
--Glanvill.
3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
[Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert;
agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
discompose
v : cause to lose one's composure [syn: {upset}, {untune}, {disconcert},
{discomfit}]
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