n. (Physiol.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease. ] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adipose fin (Zool.), a soft boneless fin. --
Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The state of being fat; fatness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. not limited in use or function.
Syn. -- general-purpose. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. apo- + sematic. ] (Zool.) Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ F. apposer to set to; &unr_; (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose. ] 1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). [ 1913 Webster ]

The nymph herself did then appose,
For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ For oppose. See Oppose. ] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [ Obs. ] See Pose. [ 1913 Webster ]

To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Composed p. pr. & vb. n. Composing. ] [ F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. See Pose, v. t. ] 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. Bp. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their borrowed gold composed
The calf in Oreb. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me compose
Something in verse as well as prose. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The genius that composed such works as the “Standard” and “Last Supper”. B. R. Haydon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

How in safety best we may
Compose our present evils. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compose thy mind;
Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To come to terms. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

His [ Mozart's ] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer. Moore (Encyc. of Mus.). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet composers of the pensive soul. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A counter or opposing purpose; a contrary aim; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decomposed p. pr. & vb. n. Decomposing. ] [ Cf. F. décomposer. Cf. Discompose. ] To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deposed p. pr. & vb. n. Deposing. ][ FF. déposer, in the sense of L. deponere to put down; but from pref. dé- (L. de) + poser to place. See Pose, Pause. ] 1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus when the state one Edward did depose,
A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To let fall; to deposit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Additional mud deposed upon it. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To put under oath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Depose him in the justice of his cause. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose,
Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who deposes or degrades from office. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who testifies or deposes; a deponent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discomposed p. pr. & vb. n. Discomposing. ] [ Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. décomposer. ] 1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [ Obs. ] Bacon.

Syn. -- To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ly adv. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disposed p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing. ] [ F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to place. See Pose. ] 1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who hath disposed the whole world? Job xxxiv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine. [ 1913 Webster ]

The knightly forms of combat to dispose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose
To future good our past and present woes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dispose of. (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. [ 1913 Webster ] Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons. Locke. (b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. [ 1913 Webster ] More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ] I have disposed of her to a man of business. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ] A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller.

Syn. -- To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate; adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bargain; to make terms. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She had disposed with Cæsar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath a person, and a smooth dispose
To be suspected. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. 1. Inclined; minded. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts xviii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well disposed, in good condition; in good health. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disposal. [ Obs. ] Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [ R. ] A. Brewer.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exposed p. pr. & vb. n. Exposing. ] [ F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to place. See Pose, v. t. ] 1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., prop. p. p. of exposer. See Expose, v. t. ] A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. with no protection or shield; as, the exposed northeast frontier.
Syn. -- open. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. visible due to absence of clothing at that point; -- of body parts.
Syn. -- uncovered, bare. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exposes or discloses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bestow beforehand. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imposed p. pr. & vb. n. Imposing. ] [ F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, v. t. ] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cakes of salt and barley [ she ] did impose
Within a wicker basket. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

What fates impose, that men must needs abide. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Print.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice tricks or deception. [ 1913 Webster ]

To impose on or
To impose upon, (a) to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. “He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things.” Locke. (b) to place an unwelcome burden or obligation on (another person); as, she imposed on her friend to drive her daughter to school. (c) to take unfair advantage of (a person, a friendship); as, he imposed on his friendship with The Mayor to gain business. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A command; injunction. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. p. p. of impose; as, rules imposed by society. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Imposition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who imposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The imposers of these oaths might repent. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disordered; disturbed. [ Obs. ] Milton. -- In`com*po"sed*ly adv. [Obs.] -- In`com*pos"ed*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indisposed p. pr. & vb. n. Indisposing. ] [ OE. indispos indisposed, feeble, or F. indisposé indisposed. See In- not, and Dispose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It made him rather indisposed than sick. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition or quality of being indisposed. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Infra + pose. ] To place under or beneath. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Interposed p. pr. & vb. n. Interposing. ] [ F. interposer. See Inter-, and Pose, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mountains interposed
Make enemies of nations. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To thrust; to intrude; to put between, either for aid or for troubling. [ 1913 Webster ]

What watchful cares do interpose themselves
Betwixt your eyes and night? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand, and rescues miserable man. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be or come between. [ 1913 Webster ]

Long hid by interposing hill or wood. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To utter a sentiment by way of interruption. Boyle.

Syn. -- To intervene; intercede; mediate; interfere; intermeddle. -- To Interpose, Intermeddle, Interfere. A man may often interpose with propriety in the concerns of others; he can never intermeddle without being impertinent or officious; nor can be interfere without being liable to the same charge, unless he has rights which are interfered with. “In our practical use, interference is something offensive. It is the pushing in of himself between two parties on the part of a third who was not asked, and is not thanked for his pains, and who, as the feeling of the word implies, had no business there; while interposition is employed to express the friendly, peacemaking mediation of one whom the act well became, and who, even if he was not specially invited thereunto, is still thanked for what he has done.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Interposition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]