recomposingn.
/ˌriːkəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌrikəmˈpoʊzɪŋ/ The action of recompose v., in various senses. Also: an instance of this, a recomposition.
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1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iv. xviii. 527 The recomposing of this Church to any Ecclesiasticall Uniformity.
1713 G. Hickes in G. Bull Life 535 Excuse me from the Pains of recomposing, and collecting again, being not in a Condition to study, or bear intense Thinking.
1800 R. Lobb Contempl. Philosopher II. lv. 127 Nature seems to be constantly employed in composing, decomposing, and recomposing.
1824 W. Orme Bibliotheca Biblica 393 More leisure was afterwards enjoyed for the revising, indeed the recomposing of the work.
1969 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 14 Mar. 26/4 Robert Hughes and Nathan Rubin performed this task of ‘recomposing’ with great distinction.
2002 Rev. Relig. Res. 44 75 Human beings regularly undergo the coming apart and recomposing of their most cherished patterns of meaning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
recomposingadj.
/ˌriːkəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌrikəmˈpoʊzɪŋ/ rare.
That recomposes, in various senses.
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1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 53 It..furnishes with Blushes, and recomposing Airs beyond Comparison.
1860 Sci. Amer. 24 Nov. 342/2 Affinity of matter is modified, given and destroyed by electric action, and to this mighty power we must therefore look as the only ever-effective decomposing, recomposing and purifying agent.
2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 June 8 It has often been observed that the collagist sensibility, whether in the visual or the literary arts, grows out of the cacophonous, ceaselessly composing and recomposing spectacle of the metropolis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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