composition.html - var. of COMPOS MENTIS.

composition.html - adj.
(also compos) having control of one's mind; sane. [L]

composition.html - v.
1 a tr. construct or create (a work of art, esp. literature or music). b intr. compose music (gave up composing in 1917).
2 tr. constitute; make up (six tribes which composed the German nation).

Preferred to comprise in this sense.
3 tr. put together to form a whole, esp. artistically; order; arrange (composed the group for the photographer).
4 tr. a (often refl.) calm; settle (compose your expression; composed himself to wait). b (as composed adj.) calm, settled.
5 tr. settle (a dispute etc.).
6 tr. Printing a set up (type) to form words and blocks of words. b set up (a manuscript etc.) in type.

composed of made up of, consisting of (a flock composed of sheep and goats).

composedly adv. [F composer, f. L componere (as COM-, ponere put)]

composition.html - n.
a person who composes (esp. music).

composition.html - adj., n., & v. --adj.

1 made up of various parts; blended.
2 (esp. of a synthetic building material) made up of recognizable constituents.
3 Archit. of the fifth classical order of architecture, consisting of elements of the Ionic and Corinthian orders.
4 Bot. of the plant family Compositae.

--n.

1 a thing made up of several parts or elements.
2 a synthetic building material.
3 Bot. any plant of the family Compositae, having a head of many small flowers forming one bloom, e.g. the daisy or the dandelion.
4 Polit. a resolution composed of two or more related resolutions.

--v.

tr. Polit. amalgamate (two or more similar resolutions).

compositely adv. compositeness n. [F f. L compositus past part. of componere (as COM-, ponere posit- put)]

composition.html - n.
1 a the act of putting together; formation or construction. b something so composed; a mixture. c the constitution of such a mixture; the nature of its ingredients (the composition is two parts oil to one part vinegar).
2 a a literary or musical work. b the act or art of producing such a work. c an essay, esp. written by a schoolchild. d an artistic arrangement (of parts of a picture, subjects for a photograph, etc.).
3 mental constitution; character (jealousy is not in his composition).
4 (often attrib.) a compound artificial substance, esp. one serving the purpose of a natural one.
5 Printing the setting-up of type.
6 Gram. the formation of words into a compound word.
7 Law a a compromise, esp. a legal agreement to pay a sum in lieu of a larger sum, or other obligation (made a composition with his creditors). b a sum paid in this way.
8 Math. the combination of functions in a series.

compositional adj. compositionally adv. [ME f. OF, f. L compositio -onis (as COMPOSITE)]