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† comˈpositure Obs.
[f. L. type *compositūra, f. composit-: see above and -ure.]
1. Make, mode of constitution; = composition 13, 14.
1625Jackson Orig. Unbeliefe xii. 93 The fabricke or compositure of the vnderstanding. 1688R. Holme Armoury i. 50 In the ordinaries of this kind, there are diverse Compossitures. a1718Penn Maxims Wks. 1726 I. 821 If we consider his [man's] Make, and lovely Compositure.
2. concr. A collection, mass.
1632Lithgow Trav. ix. (1682) 374 Not being able to contain such a Compositure of Combustible matter. |