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mbination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. "The constant habit of elaborate composition." Macaulay.

Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [R.]

One who composes or sets in order.

Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. [R.] Darwin.

A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] F. Potter.

Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.

oval or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. Jer. Taylor.

One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. Shak. The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.J.S. Mill.

The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation. The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles. H. Miller.

One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

Deposit.

The act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.

Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill.

sing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53. The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. Dryden.…

Pertaining to disposition.

Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned.

Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.] His dispositive wisdom and power. Bates.