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单词 composture
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composturen.

/kəmˈpɒstjʊə/
Etymology: < French composture, < Latin compos [i ]tūra , < composit- participial stem of compōnere : see composite adj. and n. Compare posture , imposture (= imposition ). Medieval Latin compostūra , and Old French composture were chiefly in sense 2.
Obsolete or dialect.
1.
a. Composition, composure (of action or state).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [noun]
shapec1050
composition1382
temperc1400
confectionc1420
temperament1471
frame?1520
compage1550
architecture1590
compacture1590
structure?1591
fabricaturec1600
constitution1601
membrature1606
composture1614
compositure1625
contexturea1639
composure1639
economy1644
fabric1644
conformation1646
composier1648
constructurea1652
compages1660
mechanism1662
compound1671
construction1707
componency1750
formation1774
make-up1821
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > a combination
combination?1533
composition1556
composure1609
composture1614
compound1621
annexationa1626
conjugation1626
complexiona1637
composta1640
consistence1641
conferrumination1647
compositum1652
copulation1774
amalgam1790
amalgamation1828
combo1929
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor Ded. sig. A iij I call you not my Patron. Truth in my References, Likelyhood in my Coniectures, and the whole Composture shall be in steed of One.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor i. vii. 150 Archt Crowns..as truly Imperiall as the Emperors, but differing in composture.
1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. v. 133 The first apparent Fould or Composture of the Leaves.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Compostur, composition.
Categories »
b. concrete. A composition.
2. Compost, manure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > composting > compost
compass1580
compose1581
compost1587
composturea1616
compasture1627
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 443 The Earth's a Theefe, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolne From gen'rall excrement. View more context for this quotation
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composturev.

Etymology: < composture n.
Obsolete.
To manure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] > compost
compost1499
compass1557
compester1628
composturea1693
a1693 Disc. Tenures in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 80 He shall have..the dung of the cattle, to muckle or composture his land.
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