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noun

Composure n.

The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. (Obs.) "Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure (in music) and teaching."

Orderly adjustment; disposition. (Obs.) "Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles."

Frame; make; temperament. (Obs.) "His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish."

A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. "We seek peace and composure." "When the passions... are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure."

A combination; a union; a bond. (Obs.)

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"Composure" Quotes from Famous Books

... apprentices escaped from the warehouse in Lad-lane, have penetrated into the marshes beyond Hackney, to wage war upon a solitary hedge-sparrow. A dog we doubtless had, and he was large enough for all useful purposes; for he trotted through the rye with the composure of an elephant, and did spring a partridge from her nest. But the partridge happily escaped from three well-loaded barrels, and we never saw more either of her or her companions. Then went we deep into the woods, following the notes of the cuckoo and the ring-dove, ...

— Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II • G. R. Gleig

... his return home in the evening, with tears and complaints of Undine's conduct. He cast a serious look at his poor wife, and she looked down as if distressed. Yet she said with great composure: "My lord and husband does not reprove even a bondslave without a hearing, how much less then, his ...

— Undine - I • Friedrich de la Motte Fouque

... during the first half of the meal we all chatted in a lively strain, all save Athabasca, who, though blushing less than usual, smiled a little more, and murmured an occasional yes or no; all the while looking even more charming. But her composure endured not long, for her mother presently renewed the subject ...

— The Drama of the Forests - Romance and Adventure • Arthur Heming

... the ship, and an occasional cockroach of crab-like dimensions clatters across the deck in his coat of mail from a hiding place in the unsavoury cargo. The philosophic Hollander accepts these horrors of the tropics with undisturbed composure, but happily for the peace of the English passenger, the Malay "room-boy" welcomes a new idea, and becomes gradually inspired with the ardour of the chase. Ominous clouds darken over the Bay of Tomini as we embark once more on the rolling waters, having completed ...

— Through the Malay Archipelago • Emily Richings

... very well," he said, preserving his surface composure, "but why make fish of one and flesh of another? The South Side company has a loop for which it never paid a dollar. So has the Chicago City Passenger Railway. The North Side company is planning more extensive improvements than were ever undertaken ...

— The Titan • Theodore Dreiser

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