Word Meanings - QUATERNATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.

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• COMPOSITOUS
  Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin.
• COMPOSURE
  1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
• COMPOSSIBLE
  Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth.
• COMPOSE
  To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all
• COMPOSER
  1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. 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. His most brilliant and
• COMPOSITE
  Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
• COMPOSTURE
  Manure; compost. Shak.
• COMPOSITAE
  A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.
• COMPOS-MENTIS
  One who is compos mentis.
• COMPOSED
  Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self- possessed. 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.
• QUATERNATE
  Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.
• COMPOSING
  1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. Composing frame , a stand for holding cases of type when in use. -- Composing rule , a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing
• COMPOSITIVE
  Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
• COMPOSITOR
  One who sets type and arranges it for use. (more info) 1. One who composes or sets in order.
• ARRANGE
  1. To put in proper order; to dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. So came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. were beginning to arrange their
• COMPOSITION
  The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.
• ARRANGEMENT
  1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form. 2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic
• ARRANGER
  One who arranges. Burke.
• QUATERNARY
  Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man. (more info) containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. 1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
• LEAVES
  pl. of Leaf.
• INDECOMPOSABLENESS
  Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.
• DECOMPOSE
  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.
• MISARRANGEMENT
  Wrong arrangement.
• DECOMPOSITION
  1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of
• PARKLEAVES
  A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
• NON COMPOS; NON COMPOS MENTIS
  Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunati
• DECOMPOSITE
  See 2 (more info) 1. Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.
• RECOMPOSITION
  The act of recomposing.
• PRECOMPOSE
  To compose beforehand. Johnson.