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recompose

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recompose  \Re`com*pose"\  (-p?z"),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Recomposed}  (-p?zd");  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Recomposing}.]  [Pref. 
  re-  +  compose:  cf  F.  recomposer.] 
  1.  To  compose  again  to  form  anew;  to  put  together  again  or 
  repeatedly. 
 
  The  far  greater  number  of  the  objects  presented  to 
  our  observation  can  only  be  decomposed,  but  not 
  actually  recomposed.  --Sir  W. 
  Hamilton. 
 
  2.  To  restore  to  composure;  to  quiet  anew;  to  tranquilize; 
  as  to  recompose  the  mind.  --Jer.  Taylor.