recompose

[ree-kuh m-pohz]

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

to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.

to restore to composure or calmness.

Origin of recompose

First recorded in 1605–15; re- + compose

Related formsre·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

Historical Examples of recompose

As with the overture, Rossini did not attempt to recompose this number either.
The Complete Opera Book
Gustav Kobb
But the maid was back before she was able to recompose herself.
The Tigress
Anne Warner
The face itself does not vanish, or but decomposes to recompose.
The Browning Cyclopdia
Edward Berdoe
It can decompose, what it can not recompose, thus leaving difficulties as perplexing as before.
The Relations of Science and Religion
Henry Calderwood
To understand them at all is difficult, and to recompose from them the hero's speech is beyond our power.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)
John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for recompose

recompose

verb (tr)

to restore to composure or calmness

to arrange or compose again; reform

Derived Formsrecomposition (ˌriːkɒmpəˈzɪʃən), noun

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