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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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Etymology of 'Composure'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Composure" Quotes from Famous Books

... waited until the ship was on an even keel, then walked to the top of the companion-way, and, deftly catching up the train of her dress with as much composure as if she were in a ballroom, stepped lightly down the stairway. Looking smilingly over her shoulder at the ...

— In a Steamer Chair And Other Stories • Robert Barr

... effect of stately composure quiet artistic care produces, and how it leaves the ear of the ...

— England's Antiphon • George MacDonald

... kind of golden lustre in their beams. Helen suffered Becky to accompany Alice into the house, knowing it would be to her a source of pride and pleasure, and seating herself on the steps, tried to school herself so as to appear with composure, and not allow Arthur to perceive how deeply his apparent unkindness had wounded her feelings. While she thus sat, breathing on the palm of her hand, and pressing it against her moist eyelids to absorb the welling tears, Arthur ...

— Helen and Arthur - or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel • Caroline Lee Hentz

... house, Worth," he said with more composure in his tone than I would have thought a few moments ago he could in any way summon. "You'll find me there." And he followed the Chinaman up ...

— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan

... counterpart at times, still let me urge you, as I have ever done, to remember in the depth and even agony of despondency, that very shortly you are to feel well again." Further on he says: "If you went through the ceremony calmly, or even with sufficient composure not to excite alarm in any present, you are safe beyond question," seeking by every device of subtle affection to lift up the heart of ...

— Abraham Lincoln: A History V1 • John G. Nicolay and John Hay

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