Recompose

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To compose or construct again. transitive

    "to dissolve and recompose a substance"

  2. 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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"to dissolve and recompose a substance"

Etymology

From re + compose; semantically partly borrowed from Latin recompōnō.

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