Recompose
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To compose or construct again. transitive
"to dissolve and recompose a substance"
- 2 To bring (oneself) back to a state of calm. transitive
"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."
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More examples"to dissolve and recompose a substance"
Etymology
From re + compose; semantically partly borrowed from Latin recompōnō.