discompliancet (diskomplians)

[ A dis compliance [will discommend me] to my lord-chancellor. Pepys , Diary, II. 152. discompose (dis-kom-pōz'), v . t .; pret. and pp. discomposed , ppr. discomposing . [= F. décom poser ; as dis- priv. + compose . Cf. Sp. descom poner = Pg. des comp or = It. discomporre , scom porre , dis -priv. + componere , compose. Cf. decompose.] 1. To bring into disorder; disturb; disarrange; unsettle. A great impiety.. hath stained the honour of a family, and discomposed its title to the divine mercies. Jer. Taylor. 2. To disturb peace and quietne in; agitate; ruffle, as the temper or mind of. We are then [in private] placed immediately under the eye of God, which awes us; but under no other eyes, and in the neighbourhood of no other objects, which might divert or discompose us. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, L. x. I am extremely discomposed when I hear scandal. Steele, Spectator, No. 348. Croaker. Don't be discomposed . Lofty. Zounds! Sir, but I am discomposed , and will be discomposed. To be treated thus! Goldsmith, Good-natured Man, v. 3t. To displace; discard; discharge. He never put down or discomposed counsellor, or near servant, save only Stanley. Bacon , Hist. Hen. VII., p. 242. = Syn. 1. To derange, jumble, confuse.-2. To disconcert, embarra , fret, vex, nettle, irritate, annoy, worry. dis composedne (dis-kom-pō'zed-nes), n. The state of being discomposed; disquietude. Believe it, sickne is not the fittest time either to learn virtue or to make our peace with God; it is a time of distemper and dis composedne . Sir M. Hale , Preparative against Afflictions. discompositiont (dis-kom-pō-zish'on), n. [F. décomposition = Sp. des compos i cion = Pg. des = compos ição = It. scomposizione ; as discompose + -ition , after composition.] Inconsistency; incongruity.