Definition of decompose

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Decompose (v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

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Inogen :: Inogen (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life..
Decompose :: Decompose (v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.
Indican :: Indican (n.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo..
Trass :: Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Incombustible :: Incombustible (a.) Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas..
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. i.) To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
Diffract :: Diffract (v. t.) To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light..
Growan :: Growan (n.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall..
Electrolyze :: Electrolyze (v. t.) To decompose by the direct action of electricity.
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste..
Compost :: Compost (v. t.) To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost..
Decompose :: Decompose (v. t.) 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.
Resolver :: Resolver (n.) That which decomposes, or dissolves..
Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. t.) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
Stearate :: Steapsin (n.) An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids.
Pyrogen :: Pyrogen (n.) A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria..
Deconcoct :: Deconcoct (v. t.) To decompose.
Rot :: Rot (v. i.) To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay..
Decomposed :: Decomposed (imp. & p. p.) of Decompos.
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