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<blockquote>Various <b>composures</b> and combinations of these corpuscles. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Frame; make; temperament.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His <b>composure</b> must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.</def> "We seek peace and <i>composure</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect <b>composure</b>. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A combination; a union; a bond.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Compotation</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`po*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compotatio</ets>; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>potare</ets> to drink.]</ety> <def>The act of drinking or tippling together.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The fashion of <b>compotation</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compotator</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"po*ta`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who drinks with another.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Compote</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"pote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Compost</er>.]</ety> <def>A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; <as>as, a <ex>compote</ex> of pears</as>.</def>

<i>Littr<?/.</i>

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<h1>Compound</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"pound</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay <ets>kompund</ets> a village.]</ety> <def>In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.</def>

<h1>Compound</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*pound"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Compounded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Compounding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>componen</ets>, <ets>compounen</ets>, L. <ets>componere</ets>, <ets>compositum</ets>; <ets>com-</ets>+ <ets>ponere</ets> to put set. The <ets>d</ets> is excrescent. See <er>Position</er>, and cf. <er>Compon\'82</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; <as>as, to <ex>compound</ex> a medicine</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Incapacitating him from successfully <b>compounding</b> a tale of this sort. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.</def>

<blockquote>We have the power of altering and <b>compounding</b> those images into all the varieties of picture. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.</def>

<blockquote>Only <b>compound</b> me with forgotten dust. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To compose; to constitute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>