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The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also Colosseum.]

Self-possessed; calm; composed.

A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.

A columnlike axis in the capsule of mosses.

and is called the solstitial colure. Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car of night From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton.

The possession or exercise of authority. Command and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion. Locke.

To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]

surate; proportional. She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had one. I. Walton.

hen he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself. -- Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental…

To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy. Ye did communicate with my affliction. Philip. iv. 4.

of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. The original community of all things. Locke. An unreserved community of thought and feeling. W. Irwing.

to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

dations . . . vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. Hallam. No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. Burke.

composed The calf in Oreb. Milton. A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. I. Watts.

Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self- possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. Pope. -- Com*pos"ed*ly (, adv. -- Com*pos"ed*ness, n.

Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.

Possesing harmony; accordant. [R.] Warton.

dental ossifications or deposits of phosphates of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous concretions. Dunglison.