CPage 319
- English Word Composition Definition The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
- English Word Composition Definition The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
- English Word Composition Definition The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
- English Word Composition Definition A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
- English Word Composition Definition A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.
- English Word Composition Definition Consistency; accord; congruity.
- English Word Composition Definition Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
- English Word Composition Definition The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.
- English Word Composition Definition Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- English Word Compositive Definition Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
- English Word Compositor Definition One who composes or sets in order.
- English Word Compositor Definition One who sets type and arranges it for use.
- English Word Compositous Definition Belonging to the Compositae; composite.
- English Word Compossible Definition Able to exist with another thing; consistent.
- English Word Compost Definition A mixture; a compound.
- English Word Compost Definition A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.
- English Word Compost Definition To manure with compost.
- English Word Compost Definition To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
- English Word Composture Definition Manure; compost.
- English Word Composure Definition The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
- English Word Composure Definition Orderly adjustment; disposition.
- English Word Composure Definition Frame; make; temperament.
- English Word Composure Definition A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.
- English Word Composure Definition A combination; a union; a bond.
- English Word Compotation Definition The act of drinking or tippling together.
- English Word Compotator Definition One who drinks with another.
- English Word Compote Definition A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.
- English Word Compound Definition In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
- English Word Compound Definition To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
- English Word Compound Definition To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.