compos1tive

[Lat. compositivus, from compos it us, pa. par. of compo no.] [COMPOSE.] 1. Having the power or quality of compounding or combining. 2. Compounded, combined. com-põş-1-tõr, *com-põş-i-tür, s. [Lat., from compos it us, pa. par. of compo no.] [COMPOSE.] *I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit.: One who composes or frames things. 2. Fig.: One who adjusts, arranges, or accommo "O, how that name befits my composition ." Shakesp.: Richard II ., ii. 1. B. Technically : 1. Arch .: The arrangement of columns, piers, pil asters, doors, ., in a building in such a manner as to set off the whole to the best advantage. 2. Art : (1) The arrangement of different figures in a pic ture. "The disposition in a picture is an a embling of many parts; is also called the composition ,."-Dryden: Dufresnoy. (2) A picture or work of art. 3. Law: (1) Admi ion to membership in a society. "The compositioun of ane gild burges."-Aberd. Reg. (2) An amicable arrangement of a lawsuit. 4. Bankruptcy : (1) The adjustment or satisfaction of a debt or other obligation by an agreement or compromise entered into between the parties. "Persons who have been once cleared by composition with their creditors, or bankruptcy, and afterward become bankrupts again, unle they pay full fifteen shillings in the pound, are only thereby indemnified as to the con fine ment of their bodies." -Sir W. Black stone. (2) The money or other consideration paid by way of such adjustment or satisfaction. 5. Grammar : (1) The act or art of arranging words, sentences, and ideas, so as to produce a literary piece. (2) The words, sentences, and ideas so arranged. " and as they were a practical busine -like people, it is equally natural that their earliest prose composition should have been the report of a speech delivered in the Senate." Lewis: Cred. Early Rom . Hist . (1855), ch. vi., § 1, vol. i., p. 180. (3) The act of forming compound words. *6. Logic : A synthetical mode of investigation or exposition. 1. Building: An artificial kind of cement used for covering brickwork. [COMPO.] 9. Music : tific rules. (1) The art of composing music, guided by scien- (2) A piece of music, for voices or instruments, or a combination of both effects, constructed accord- ing to the rules of art. [A. II. 2.] "In the time of the Incas' reign of Peru, no compost tion was allowed by the laws to be used in point of (1) Composition of motion: Various motions medicine, but only simples proper to each disease." - Temple. acting in a combined manner, so as to form a motion compounded of the action of each. "As gud nychtbur, And as freyndsome compositur ." Barbour: Bruce , i. 88. II. Printing : A workman who ranges and adjusts the types in the composing-stick; one who prepares them in page and form for printing being called a make up age †com-pos-i-to us, a . [ Lat.compos it us , pa. par. of compo no .] Composite. the difference between the outer and inner flowers in some Compositous and Umbelliferous plants." Darwin: Origin of Species (ed. 1859), ch. i., p. 144. *com-pos-i-türe, s. [Low Lat. compositura, from Lat.compos it us , pa. par. of compопо .] [СомPOSE.] 1. The act of composing, framing, or putting together. 2. A composition, compound, or combination. *com-põş'-Ive, a. [ Eng.compose , and suff. -ive .] Composing, soothing, quieting. *com-põş-şěs-sör, s. [Pref.com=with, together; and Eng. po e or (q. v.).] A joint po e or or owner. com'-post, a. & s. [O. Fr. compost : Ital. com- pos to, from Lat. compos i tum =a compound, neut. of compos it us , pa. par. of compo no .] [COMPOSE.] *A. As adj .: Compounded, compound. "In every thing compost Each part of th' e ence its centreity Keeps to itself, B. As substantive : *I. Ordinary Language : IMG:content-0417.png:[blocks in formation] II. Farming : A mixture or compound of various substances to be used as manure for enriching the ground. "Avoid what is to come, And do not spread the compost on the weeds, To make them ranker." Shakesp.: Hamlet , iii. 4. †com'-post, v. t . [COMPOST, s.] To treat with compost, to manure, to plaster. composting