DISCOMPOSE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up. Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. Pope.

2.
v.

To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate. Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity. Glanvill.

3.
v.

To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] Bacon.