and rinitiMrtiitinit ut AKUF'S wise sayings. 
I:,: It,./ '.n <>l,i Test. (1655), P. 303. 
componend 
componend (kom'po-nend), M. [< I.i. mmpo- 
Hi-Hiliis, ger. of rti/iii'i'iii 1-1; eompound: see <<- 
pouniO, niinpose.'] Something to be formed by comportment (koin-port'ment I, n. [< P. eom- 
compos'ition. /""''' """' (= I'r- <'"/"/'"/< = Sp. 
component (koin-po'nent), . and . [< L. <;,HI- wirnto = \'\f. \\. roniportiimriito), ( 
IMinen(l-)K, ppr. of oomponere, compose: gee eom- 
poxe and ciiiupoiiHiH, r. \ I. '(.Composing; con- 
stituent ; entering into the composition of. 
a natural txxly. 
. . . 
gee roiii/:nri. r.\ Behavior; demeanor; deport- 
ment. 
HI.- people ii, P ^-, n, i 
opl 

. . are co'/'""'"' p-'nt< f 
Simmer, and GloCJF. 
..,., T ,, i.. in- m ..... p g 
"";; 
II- i vrious and devout comp< 
Ire, 'holder. 
Same ;i< 
Justice and I'.riievolenee 
every human mind. 
The stomach digests food, and does it liy means of the composant (kom'po-y.ant), M. 
propwrttoi -f it- V''V'v"t'm'e ., Thought p is; ""' 
, , , compose (kom-poz'), '; pret. and pp. ci- 
U.n. 1. A constituent part: as, cnMTtz, feld- ptSS^ft. composing. (.< OV. computer, V.fom- 
par,andmica_a_re;he^^' : A^.f t gr|u..te.-- compose, compound, adjust, settle, <,-,,*,- 
J I"IKI r, place, set, put; substituted for reg. 
01. riinipiiiulri', eiiui/iHiiiIri; arrange, direct, = 
spar, 
2 In mrek., one of the parts of a strain, velo- 
city, acceleration, force, etc., out of which the 
whole mav lie compounded by the principle of 
the parallelogram of forces, etc. thai is, by 
geometrical addition. See ,-i,,iipiixili<>n nf forces 
(under riim/mxi'/mw), parallelogram OJ forces 
(under fora-), and resolution. 3. A part of a 
whole which is so combined with 
as to modify its distinctive character , 
cially, in logic, an internal part or part of com 
prehension; a notion contained in a complex 
notion Effective component of a force, in mteli 
that one of the two components into which the force ma> 
be resolved which produces the entire effect of motion m 
pre-snre under consideration. Real component of a 
force, the component of a force which is Itself a real 
force. 
componental (kom-po-nen'tal), a. < compo- 
nent + -nl.] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature 
of a part or constituent. 
All quantitative relations are coniponental; all quali- 
tative relations elemental. 
G. 11. I*tce*, Proba. of Life and Mind, I. 90. 
compony, a. Same as compont. 
comport (kom-port'), r. [< F. comporter = Pr. 
Sp. Pg. eomportar = It. comportare, admit of, 
afiow, endure, < ML. comportare, behave, L. 
comportare, conportare, bring together, < coin-, 
together, + portare, carry: see port*.] I. n- 
trans. 1. To be suitable; agree; accord; fit; 
suit: followed by with (formerly also by unto). 
How ill this dulness doth comport with greatness I 
Fletcher (and another 1 !), Prophetess. 
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. 
2f. 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 Ass, ii. 3 
Shall we not meekly comport with an infirmity? 
Barrow, Works, I. 484. 
n. trans. 1. To behave; conduct: with a re- 
flexive pronoun. 
It is curious to observe how LordSomers . . . comwrted 
hinaelfun that occasion. 
Thus Nature, whose laws I had broken in various arti- 
ficial ways, comported herself towards me as a strict but 
loving mother. Hawthorne, Blithedale Romance, viii. 
2t. To bear ; endure. 
The malcontented sort 
That never cun the present state comport. 
Daniel, Civil Wars, I. 70. 
comportt (kom-port'), . [< OF. comport = Sp. 
comporte (obs.) = It. comporto; from the verb.J 
Behavior; conduct; demeanor; manner of act- 
ing. 
These arguments ... are intended to persuade us to a 
charitable comport towards the men. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 897. 
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. 
COmportable (kom-por'ta-bl), a. [< comport + 
-aMc ; = Sp. comportable, etc.] Suitable; ap- 
propriate; consistent. 
Casting the rules and cautions of this art into some 
rtniiimrtttltte method. 
.SiY (/. Wotton, Elem. of Architecture. 
comportancet (kom-por'tans), n. [< comport + 
-ance.] Behavior; deportment. 
Goodly comportatince each to other beare, 
And entertaine themselves with court'sies meet. 
Spenter, F. Q., II. I. 29. 
With that I bethought myself, and the sweet romjwr- 
tout of that same sweet round face of thine came into my 
min ,, \\-il,, l:,. : ,,,il, -.1 (llarfitfs Dodsley, IX. 253). 
comportationt (kom - por - ta ' shon), n. [< L. 
eoon>0rttMo(ft~), a bringing together, < compor- 
tare, pp. romportiitits: see comport, r.] An as- 
semblage or collection. 
vr* . ' ' '//'^'"/f 11 / . , f, ii nifi n i,, 1 1 , , (VljilllmJ, UUGUt, = 
Pr. finii/iiiHilrf, componre = Sp. c<i//i/r = Pg. 
'"iiijfH- It, c(inif"n" rr, nnnfuuTt = D. kompo- 
HWH = I!. i-iiiiij'innrcn = Dan. koniponere = 8w. 
huHponcra, < L. compoiu'ri; emiponrre, put toge- 
' ther, compose, < mm-, together, + pontre, put, 
1 place : see ponent. The proper K. forms from 
r i cs l L. inf. comjionerearo .w,,/,,,,//,//!, ,-., an. 1 (later) 
''" nese words, and composition. For 
the substitution of F. /-aver, see pom*, and cf. 
fpoxi ', inijiiixi-, opi 
repos< . /.s/,, ] L trail*. 1. To make" or form 
by uniting two or more things; put together 
the parts of; form by framing, fashioning, or 
arranging, (a) l relation to n^irUl things (rarely 
VBlf:uHkill. 
T. and C'., v. . 
A casque coinjxl 
tlinu l-.-ar'it thy father's face ; 
Frank Mali , rather carious than In haste, 
Hath well ( \pofd thee Shale., All's Well, I. E. 
(b) In relation to ,rary authorship : as, to compote a ser- 
mon or a sonnet. 
You desired me lely to compote some Lines upon your 
Mlatresa's black EL lloweU, Letters, I. v. 22. 
(c) In relation to Vsical authorship : as, to compote a 
sonata, (a) In refcn to artistic skill : as, to compote 
(arrange the leadin^atnres of) a picture, statue, group, 
etc. \ 
2. In printing : \) To put into type ; set the 
types for : as, tympose a page or a pamphlet. 
(ft) To arrange ir^ e composing-stick ; set: as, 
to compose a thonbd ems. [Rare among print- 
ers in both uses, \ r set up being the techni- 
cal term.] 3. Iform by being combined or 
united ; be the suV ancei constituents, or ele- 
ments of; constitti makeup: as, levies of raw 
soldieiB compose 1 u n , , y ; the wall is composed 
of bricks and morfr wa ter is composed of hy- 
drogen and oxyge j 
Th' Infection, whi 
The calf in Oreb. 
A few useful things, 
their memories, and i 
sions. 
Numerous great limes 
covering vast areas, are 
mollusks or corala. Dai 
4. To bring in to a co 
appease. 
Another advantage whicl 
it calms and compote* all th 
the tumultuous kind. 
Israel 'scape 
r borrow'd gold composed 
Milton, P.I., 1.483. 
miil.-d with many trifles, fill 
their intellectual posses- 
Watt. 
of immense thickness, and 
altogether of shells of 
ture and the Bible, p. 82. 
d state; calm; quiet; 
in, ut affords us is, that 
ions ; those especially of 
itcrbwry, Sermons, I. x. 
Yet to compose this I, ht no , 
Go freely, search whjj. you p ) ca8e _ 
Prior, Tlie Dove. 
Upon this, he composed M^tauiH*, looked upon 
his watch, and took his leave. \ 
Sir Timothy Tittle. 
Their reat. their labours duL ufferi pra vers, 
Compote the soul, and fit it ^ care8f 
Parish Register. 
5. To settle; adjust; reck,. bring into a 
proper state or condition : \^ compose differ- 
ences. 
To reform our manners, to con qllarre i 8 an< j con 
troversles. '"""Viat. of Mel., p. 62. 
I have, therefore, always endeat to cumpote tho8e 
feuds and angry dissensions etw* e( . tjon ^r th am( 
reason. Sir T. Brom\K^ o M ' edlcij j 19 
6. To place or arrange in proU^j. put i n to 
a settled state ; arrange. 
Rice, wheat beanes, and such lilt ch th Mt on 
the floore without a cloth, in a C ,, ish and the 
peoiile compose themselues to eater ame af(er the 
Arabian manner. """""yimage, p. 229. 
In a peaceful grave my corpse com; 
7. To dispose; put into a prop^j or tem . 
per for any purpose. [Bare. 
The whole army seemed well m;i te 
their swords which they could not by tf" 
Clarendon, Or^,,,^ ^ 
composing-stick 
Com/mir yminu-lf t" the situation, f"r t.i r 
you inuitt come. ki.k, \x\i\ 
II. iiitruiiK. 1. To practise compciHition, in 
any of (lie :iriive senses of that word. 
\ Myhe'iaurx-i-lh-nt |Kn:l. . . . I think lie I- 
as he goes in the - 
;. ./,--., FwianU-r, III. 1. 
2t. To come to an agreement; adjnsi differ- 
enees; agree. 
If we compote well In >< . Shot., A. and ('., II. *. 
CnmiKor with them, ami IH t angry valiant. 
B. JOIUOH, > >* h 
3. In /Kiinliiii/, tn eriinbine or fall into a group 
or arrangement with artistic effect ; admit of 
pleasing or artistic combination in n picture: 
as, the mountains ,//, nW well. 
u. nil kn(, how in tin' retrospect of later moods the 
inc Menu of early youth compote, visibly, each as an in<li 
%i.lii:il picture, with ainaKl'- f"r whi.-h tin- un-atest paint- 
er* have no corresponding art. 
// ./.!;.. Jr., Tram. Sketches, p. 10. 
composed (koin-jio/.d'), p. . [ < /yv + -, ,r-'. | 
I'Yee from disturbance or agitation; calm; se- 
rene; quiet; tranquil. 
of a campot'd and setled countenance, not set, nor much 
alterable with sadnexe or toy. 
Bp. Karle, Mlcro-cosmographle, A Mtayeil Man. 
There she lay, 
OMMMM! as when I laid her, that last era, 
<>' the couch, still breathless, niotionleu, sleep s self. 
Brmcniivj, Ring and Book, I. 311. 
-Syn. Cool Collected, etc. See calml. 
composedly (kom-po'zed-li). mlr. In a com- 
po>ed maiiiuT; calmly; without agitation; se- 
renely; sedately. 
The man without the hat rery compotedly answered, I 
am he. Clarendon, Great Rebellion, I. 29. 
composedness (kom-po'zed-nes), n. The state 
of being composed ; calmness; tranquillity; re- 
pose. 
Serenity and compoteilnett of iniinl. 
/.';'. H'ilkiiu, Natural Religion, Ii. 7. 
composer (kom-po'zer), n. One who or that 
which composes. (a)One who writes an original work 
as distinguished from a compiler ; an author. (Rare.| 
Able writers and composcrt. Milton. 
(It) One who composes musical pieces ; a musical author 
(This Is the usual sense when used absolutely.) 
His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory Is founded 
upon his talenU as a compote r. 
Moore, Encyc. of Music, p. 627. 
(c) One who or that which quiets or calms ; one who ad- 
justs a difference or reconciles antagonists. 
Ye murmuring streams that in meanders roll, 
The sweet coiiipnien of the pensive soul ! 
Gay, The Fan. 
(rft) In printitw, a compositor. Abp. Laud. 
composing-frame (kom-pd'zing-fram), n. Same 
as conijtotfing-sUtnd. 
composing-machine (kom-po'zing-ma-shen'), 
n. A type-setting machine. The earliest composing- 
machine, Invented by William Church in 1821, attempted 
to make the types as well as set them. This special ami 
instantaneous making of the types is also the basis of 
more recent Inventions; but most composing-machines 
are constructed to set types previously made. The types 
are specially grooved or nicked to fit them for being seized 
automatically. The arrangement of classified types in 
separate channels, and their dlslodgment in order Into a 
larger channel by means of levers touched from a nnger- 
tioard, are features common to most composing-machines, 
widely as they may differ In other details of construction. 
Few of these machines have come Into practical use, owing 
especially to the difficulty of separating or distributing 
the types by an automatic process in the special manner 
required. 
composing-room (kpm-po'zing-rom). n. A 
room in which types are set and made ready 
for printing. 
composing-rule (kom-po'zing-rol), . In print- 
ing, a thin piece of brass or steel fitted to the 
composing-stick, on or against which the com- 
positor places and arranges the types. The 
smooth rule permits the free movement of iype In the 
process of spacing, and it Is also used as a support In the 
act of emptying the stick. 
composing-Stand (kom-po'zing-stand), n. In 
printing, an elevated framework, usually of 
wood, on which the type-cases are placed in in- 
clined positions, the part for the upper case hav- 
ing a steeper 
slope than that 
for the lower. 
Also called com- 
posing-frame, or 
in common use 
frame or staml. 
composing-stick 
(kom-po'zing- 
stik), . In print- 
ing, a small tray of iron or other metal, with 
a raised side and end, which is held by a com- 
positor in his left hand, and in which he places 
