† comˈponed, ppl. a. Obs.
In Sc. comˈponit.
[f. compone v. + -ed1.]
a. Compounded, compound; b. Composed, settled, orderly; c. Collocated, associated; d. Her. = componé.
| 1522 J. Vaus Rudim. Gram. Dd iiij 6 (Jam.), Ane sympil, and ane componit, and ane decomponit. 1528 Paynel Salerne's Regim. F ij b, There is a diuersite in an egge touchynge his componde partis..yolke..white. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 129 Al pepill that is componit and honest. 1610 J. Guillim Her. (1679) 19/1 He beareth Azure, a Bordure counter-componed, Or and Gules; which is..compounded of these two colours counterly placed. [1706 in Phillips; and in later Dicts.] |