component (komponent)

and n. [L. com ponen (t-) s, ppr. of componere, compose: see com pose and compound1, v.] I. a. Composing; constituent; entering into the composition of. The component parts of a natural body. Newton , Opticks. Justice and Benevolence... are component parts of every human mind. Sumner, Fame and Glory. 1151 A collection and comport at i on of Agur's wise sayings. Bp. Richardson, Obs. on Old Test. (1655), p. 303. comportment (kom-port'ment), n. [ com portement (= Pr. comport a men = Sp.comport a mien to Pg. It. com portamento ), The people here generally seem to be more generous, and of a higher Comportment , than elsewhere. Howell, Letters, I. i. 41. Add is on, Freeholder. Her serious and devout comportment . The stomach digests food, and does it by means of the compos ant (kom'pō-zant), n. Same as corpo properties of its component ti ues. sant. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 187. II. n. 1. A constituent part: as, quartz, feld spar, and mica are the components of granite.2. In mech., one of the parts of a strain, velocity, acceleration, force, etc., out of which the whole may be compounded by the principle of the parallelogram of forces, etc. that is, by geometrical addition. See composition of forces (under composition), parallelogram of forces (under force ), and resolution.-3. A part of a whole which is so combined with other parts as to modify its distinctive character; especially, in logic, an internal part or part of comprehension; a notion contained in a complex notion. Effective component of a force, in mech., that one of the two components into which the force may be resolved which produces the entire effect of motion or pre ure under consideration. - Real component of a force, the component of a force which is itself a real force. componental (kom-po-nental), a. [ All quantitative relations are componental; all qualitative relations elemental. = G. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. 90. compony, a. Same as comp oné . comport (kom-port'), v. [F.comp or com porter = Pr. Sp. Pg. comportar allow. endure. allow, endure, con port are , bring together, com- , together, + port are , carry: see port3.] I. in trans. 1. To be suitable; agree; accord; fit; suit: followed by with (formerly also by unto ). It. comport are, admit of, How ill this dulne doth comport with greatne ! Fletcher ( and another ?), Prophete . All that is high, and great, or can comport Unto the style of majesty. B. Jonson, Prince Henry's Barriers. It was Waller who first learned in France that to talk in rhyme alone comported with the state of royalty. Lowell , Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 157. 21. To bear; endure: with with . My wife is Such an untoward thing, she'll never learn How to comport with it. B. Jonson, The Devil is an A , ii. 3. Shall we not meekly comport with an infirmity? Barrow , Works, I. 484. IMG:content-0940.png:[blocks in formation] Thus Nature, whose laws I had broken in various arti ficial ways, comported herself towards me as a strict but loving mother. Hawthorne, Blithe dale Romance, viii. 21. To bear; endure. The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport . Daniel , Civil Wars, i. 70. comportt (kom-port'), n. [ comporte (obs.) = It. comp or to ; from the verb.] Behavior; conduct; demeanor; manner of acting. These arguments... are intended to persuade us to a charitable comport towards the men. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 397. I knew them well, and marked their rude comport . Dryden, Fables. com portable (kom-por'ta-bl), a. [ comport + -able; = Sp. com portable , etc.] Suitable; appropriate; consistent. Casting the rules and cautions of this art into some com portable method. Sir H. Wotton, Elem. of Architecture. compose (kom-poz'), v.; pret. and pp. com posed, ppr. composing. [OF.composer, F.com poser, compose, compound, adjust, settle, A casque compos'd by Vulcan's skill. Shak., T. and C., v. 2. Youth, thou bear'st thy father's face; Frank Nature, rather curious than in haste, Hath well compos'd thee. Shak., All's Well, i. 2. (b) In relation to literary authorship: as, to compose a sermon or a sonnet. You desired me lately to compose so some Lines upon your Howell, Letters, I. v. 22. IMG:content-0941.png:[blocks in formation] Shak ., A. and C., ii. 2. If we compose well here. Compose with them, and be not angry valiant. B. Jonson, New Inn, iv. 3. 3. In painting, to combine or fall into a group or arrangement with artistic effect; admit of pleasing or artistic combination in a picture: as, the mountains composed well. We all know how in the retrospect of later moods the incidents of early youth compose, visibly, each as an individual picture, with a magic for which the greatest painters have no corresponding art. H. James, Jr. , Trans. Sketches, p. 10. composed (kom-pōzd'), p. a. [ Of a compos'd and setled countenance, not set, nor much alterable with sadne e or ioy. Bp. Earle , Micro-cosmographie, A Stayed Man. There she lay, Composed as when I laid her, that last eve, O' the couch, still breathle , motionle , sleep's self. Browning , Ring and Book, I. 311. = Syn. Cool , Collected , etc. See calm1 . composedly (kom-poʻzed-li), adv . In a composed manner; calmly; without agitation; serenely; sedately. The man without the hat very composedly answered, I am he. Clarendon, Great Rebellion, I. 29. composedne (kom-pō'zed-nes), n. The state of being composed; calmne ; tranquillity; re pose. Mistre 's black Eyes. (c) In relation to musical authorship: as, to compose a sonata. (d) In relation to artistic skill: as, to compose (arrange the leading features of) a picture, statue, group, 2. In printing : (a) To put into type; set the [This is the usual sense when used absolutely.] Milton . (b) One who composes musical pieces; a musical author. His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer . Moore , Encyc. of Music, p. 627. One who or that which quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference or reconciles antagonists. types for: as, to compose a page or a pamphlet. (b) To arrange in the composing-stick; set: as, to compose a you sand ems. [Rare among print- ers in both uses, set or set up being the techni-(c) cal term.]-3. To form by being combined or united; be the substance, constituents, or ele- ments of; constitute; makeup: as, levies of raw soldiers compose his army; the wall is composed of bricks and mortar; water is composed of hy- drogen and oxygen. Nor did Israel 'scape Th' infection, when their borrow'd gold composed Milton , P. L., i. 483. The calf in Oreb. A few useful things, confounded with many trifles, fill their memories, and compose their intellectual ro es sions. Watts. Numerous great limestones, of immense thickne , and covering vast areas, are composed altogether of shells of mollusks or corals. Dawson , Nature and the Bible, p. 82. 4. To bring into a composed state; calm; quiet; IMG:content-0942.png:[blocks in formation]