Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of compose
adjectivecomposing (comparative more composing, superlative most composing)
comparative more composing · superlative most composing
- Conducive of a composed state, relaxing.
A kiss of reconciliation settled the matter, and Lord Penrhyn again composed himself in his most composing arm-chair.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 116
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
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