Composing
[kəm'pozɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compose
(a.) Tending to compose or soothe.
(a.) Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see in your dreams a composing stick, foretells that difficult problems will disclose themselves, and you will be at great trouble to meet them.
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Examples
- The surgeon gave him a composing draught, and ordered us to leave him undisturbed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I had caused a printer's composing case to be set up with the idea that if we could get editors and publishers in to see it, we should show them the advantages of the electric light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Immediately some of the gentlemen composing that body wrote out a call for a meeting and had it published in their papers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At Palmer's I was employed in composing for the second edition of Woollaston's Religion of Nature. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The necessity of composing her appearance so that it should attract no special notice in the streets, was another relief. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- WilliaMs. Generals Logan and Blair commanded the two corps composing the right wing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was impossible to put Mr. Franklin off with the excuse of the Sergeant being in my room, composing his mind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the boot, Sammy, in the boot,' replied Mr. Weller, composing his features. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Camphor-julep and water three times a day, and composing draught at night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I left Mr. Blake to the composing influence of Standard Literature, and occupied myself in making this entry in my journal. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The position of the principal focus depends not only on the shape of the lens, but also on the refractive power of the material composing the lens. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The question asked and answered by Dalton was, what is the relative weight of the atoms composing the elementary bodies? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The men composing this corps were assigned to specified commands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Each disc of wire composing it contains 676 superficial square inches, and the net has 10 meshes to the inch. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I was just composing myself when the door opened softly and the Count looked in. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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