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discompose(dictionary)

discompose (iou)



discompose verb trans. L15.
[from DIS- 2+ COMPOSE.]
1. Disturb the composure of; ruffle, agitate. L15.
J. Smeaton Not a breath of wind discomposed the surface of the water.
2. Disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into confusion. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
Milton Unwak'ned Eve With Tresses discompos'd.
3. Make ill or indisposed. Chiefly as discomposed ppl adjective. L17-E18.
discomposedly adverb in a discomposed manner E17.
discomposedness noun disturbed state, disquietude L17.
discomposingly adverb in a way that discomposes L19.