Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-COM-POSE'
DE-COM-POSE', v.t. [s as z; Fr. decomposer; de and composer, to compose, from L. compono, compositus.]
To separate the constituent parts of a body or substance; to disunite elementary particles combined by affinity or chimical attraction; to resolve into original elements.
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