recompose

[ ree-kuh m-pohz ]

/ ˌri kəmˈpoʊz /

verb (used with object), re·com·posed, re·com·pos·ing.

to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.

to restore to composure or calmness.

Nearby words

recommendatory, recommended daily allowance, recommended dietary allowance, recommit, recompense, recompose, recompression chamber, recon, reconcentration, reconcilable, reconcile

Origin of recompose

First recorded in 1605–15; re- + compose

Related forms

re·com·po·si·tion

[ree-kom-puh-zish-uh n] /ˌri kɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən/, noun

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Examples from the Web for recompose

As with the overture, Rossini did not attempt to recompose this number either.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
To restore it is to annihilate the work of centuries, to recompose an ordinary pastiche with no clat.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
The face itself does not vanish, or but decomposes to recompose.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe
She asked me if I would undertake to recompose Zaire, leaving out the r's.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

It can decompose, what it can not recompose, thus leaving difficulties as perplexing as before.
The Relations of Science and Religion|Henry Calderwood

British Dictionary definitions for recompose

recompose

/ (ˌriːkəmˈpəʊz) /

verb (tr)

to restore to composure or calmness

to arrange or compose again; reform

Derived Forms

recomposition (ˌriːkɒmpəˈzɪʃən), noun

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