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discomposes

discomposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of discompose.

Meaning of discompose

Verb

discompose (third-person singular simple present discomposes, present participle discomposing, simple past and past participle discomposed)

  1. (transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
    • I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 6
  2. (transitive) To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.
    • If e'er with airy horns I planted heads,
      Or rumpled petticoats, or tumbled beds,
      Or caus'd suspicion when no soul was rude,1712-17, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (London: Chiswick Press. 1925), canto IV

Questions about discomposes

What is discomposes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Discomposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of discompose.

Words near discomposes in the dictionary

  1. discompliance
  2. discompose
  3. discomposed
  4. discomposedly
  5. discomposedness
  6. discomposes
  7. discomposing
  8. discomposingly
  9. discomposition
  10. discomposure
  11. discomposures

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