Dictionary entry

Composure

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Com‐po″sure (?), n. [From Compose.] 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.

Woodward.

3. Frame; make; temperament.

His composure must be rare indeed

Whom these things can not blemish.

Shak.

4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. “We seek peace and composure.” Milton.

When the passions... are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.

I. Watts.

5. A combination; a union; a bond. Shak.