Com*po"sure (?), n. [From Compose.]
1.
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.
Evelyn.
2.
Orderly adjustment; disposition.
[Obs.]
Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
Woodward.
3.
Frame; make; temperament.
[Obs.]
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.
[Obs.]
Shak.
© Webster 1913.