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Webster 1913 Edition


Composed

Com-posed′

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Adj.
Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.
Com-pos′ed-ly
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adv.
Com-pos′ed-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Composed

COMPOSED

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pp.
1.
Set together, or in due order; formed; constituted; calmed; quieted; settled; adjusted.
2.
a. Calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; free from agitation.
The Mantuan there is sober triumph sat,
Composed his posture, and his look sedate.

Definition 2024


composed

composed

English

Adjective

composed (comparative more composed, superlative most composed)

  1. showing composure.
    • 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:
      Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.

Translations

Verb

composed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of compose