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One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact. Bacon.

An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.

thing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer. Moore (Encyc. of Mus. ).

One who deposes or degrades from office.

e who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower. Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow.

One who exposes or discloses.

One who imposes. The imposers of these oaths might repent. Walton.

One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties. Shak.

One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.

One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.

One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer. [Obs.]

One who recomposes.

One who reposes.

One who transposes.

The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.

agreement; acquiescence. Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer. Locke. The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. Macaulay. Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed b…

One who composes or writers a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. The chief glory every people arises from its authors. Johnson.

madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.

three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.