recompose

[ ree-kuh m-pohz ]

/ ˌri kəmˈpoʊz /

to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.

to restore to composure or calmness.

Origin of recompose

First recorded in 1605–15; re- + compose

re·com·po·si·tion

[ree-kom-puh-zish-uh n] /ˌri kɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən/, noun

As with the overture, Rossini did not attempt to recompose this number either.

The Complete Opera Book |Gustav Kobb
To restore it is to annihilate the work of centuries, to recompose an ordinary pastiche with no clat.

How France Built Her Cathedrals |Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
The face itself does not vanish, or but decomposes to recompose.

The Browning Cyclopdia |Edward Berdoe
She asked me if I would undertake to recompose Zaire, leaving out the r's.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

It can decompose, what it can not recompose, thus leaving difficulties as perplexing as before.

The Relations of Science and Religion |Henry Calderwood

recompose

/ (ˌriːkəmˈpəʊz) /

to restore to composure or calmness

to arrange or compose again; reform

recomposition (ˌriːkɒmpəˈzɪʃən), noun