Anteposition :: Anteposition (n.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it..

Apositic :: Apositic (a.) Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger..

Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The act of adding; application; accretion.

Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed..

Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first..

Appositional :: Appositional (a.) Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.

Appositive :: Appositive (a.) Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.

Appositive :: Appositive (n.) A noun in apposition.

Circumposition :: Circumposition (n.) The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.

Composition :: Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

Composition :: Composition (n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition..

Composition :: Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise..

Composition :: Composition (n.) Consistency; accord; congruity.

Composition :: Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement..

Composition :: Composition (n.) 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..

Composition :: Composition (n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Compositive :: Compositive (a.) Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.

Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A placing over against; opposite position.

Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S..

Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) 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 the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc..

Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) The state of being reduced into original elements.

Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.

Depositing :: Depositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deposi.

Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.

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