单词 | composer |
释义 | composern. 1. a. One who puts together or combines into a whole; one who fashions or constructs. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creator forgerc1380 authora1382 feigner1382 formerc1386 founderc1390 makera1450 plasmatoura1500 constitutor1531 framer1534 creator1548 fashioner1548 opificer1548 essentiator1561 creatress1590 effecter1591 compactor1593 moulder1594 creatrix1595 mouldress1599 effector1635 composer1644 plastic1644 opifex1649 fabricator1650 formator1656 efformer1662 essentializer1669 constituenta1676 crafter1907 1644 Bp. G. Williams Jura Majestatis viii. 77 To be the composers. contrivers, or assistants in concluding of any Ecclesiasticall law. 1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 40 Farewell Poetry; thou trim Composer of disjuncted Sense. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxiii. 278 Composers of green Arbours. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 94 A Wise-Man is the proper Composer of an excellent Sallet. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > causing to become mixed > one who or that which mixes meddlera1450 composer1561 mingler1581 mixer1598 mixeress1830 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xx. 127 These composers or mongerelles with their temperature and mixture. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component limbc1000 membera1382 elementc1386 parcelc1395 ingredientc1460 partc1530 ingredience1577 principle1594 simple1603 composer1610 partiment1641 component1644 constitutive1647 composite1657 integral1659 ingredient1674 aggregant1749 constituent1757 congredient1767 factor1816 integrant1825 inclusion1845 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. iv. 11 Humours..are the third composers of a horses body. 2. One who composes a literary work; an author or writer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] bookerOE writerOE makerc1350 authora1382 inditera1387 pena1398 poetc1400 bookmakera1425 ditera1425 compilera1500 compositor?1533 book writer1565 penner1568 authorizera1579 bookwright1583 scribe1584 epistler1592 penman1592 scriptora1600 composer1603 book-breeder1605 comprisor?1623 volumist1641 scrivenera1660 literatist1660 knight of the quill1692 belletrist1816 scriever1825 creative writer1854 penworker1876 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 101 Like unto composers of Tragedies. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 6 Able writers and composers in every excellent matter. 1818 S. Parr Wks. (1828) VIII. 646 Instances in which great critics have shewn themselves not very correct composers. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (iii. 21) 150 Moses being not the mere collector but the composer of the documents contained in Genesis. 3. One who composes music. (The usual sense, when used without defining additions.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] composer1597 componist1609 writer1688 concertist1942 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 181 Some wil be good descanters..and yet wil be but bad composers. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 The well studied cords of some choise composer. 1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius Pref. sig. (b)v The composer Monsieur Grabut..has so exactly express'd my Sence..that he seems..to have been the Poet as well as the Composer. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 413/1 Mr. Cowen is also the composer of many popular songs. 1883 W. S. Rockstro Life G. F. Handel xxviii The greatest Composer in the world. 4. One who arranges or groups according to the laws of artistic composition; †a designer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > drawer or designer drawer1570 designer1598 draftsman1664 morphographer1697 draughtsmanc1720 composer1723 sketcher1809 draughtswoman1845 fancier1856 proportionalist1857 draftman1889 graphic designer1971 draughtsperson1976 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [noun] > action of arranging > one who disponer1558 placera1578 ranger1611 disposer1624 marshaller1718 arranger1826 composer1836 1723 London Gaz. No. 6171/7 Henry Shallcross late of Morden..Composer to the Callicoe Factory there. 1836 R. W. Emerson Beauty in Nature iii. 20 As the eye is the best composer, so light is the first of painters. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor compositor1569 composer1634 setter1648 galley slave1683 typo1816 type-sticker1842 typist1843 setter-up1853 case man1855 typesetter1867 comp1870 compositress1885 1634 R. H. in T. Paynell tr. Regimen Sanitatis Salerni (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. Ayv The faults of the Composer and Correcter, shall neyther be excused nor accused by mee. 1637 W. Laud Hist. Chancellorship Oxf. The procuring of a sufficient composer, and corrector, for the Eastern languages. 1708–15 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum at Compositor A Printer's Composer, that sets the Matter. 6. A person or thing that adjusts, settles, tranquillizes, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > calming person or thing quietera1542 cooler1592 allayment1609 allay1614 julepa1640 composer1649 calmer1653 lull1721 tranquillizer1800 calmant1811 steadier1864 calmative1870 quietive1873 soothment1900 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations ii. 40 Seeking out those great composers of the soule. 1713 J. Gay Rural Sports 22 Ye murm'ring streams..The sweet Composers of the peaceful soul. 1735 R. James Canine Madness (1760) 156 [Musk] is a great composer, and excellent in convulsions. 1827 Earl of Shaftesbury in Life (1886) I. ii. 72 Yesterday read ‘Watson's Apology’..an everlasting composer for busy Deists and wounded faith. Compounds General attributive, in appositive use. as (sense 3.) composer-arranger n. ΚΠ 1955 O. Keepnews & W. Grauer Pict. Hist. Jazz xxi. 278 Composer-arranger Jack Montrose. 1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene vi. 110 Bands can have a distinctive ‘sound’,..mixed by the composer-arranger from the colours of the individual musicians. composer-conductor n. ΚΠ 1938 Times 30 Apr. 10/3 The acclamations which were offered to the composer-conductor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1561 |
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