a. [ L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place. ] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to;
a. [ L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf. Compost. ]
Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Composite carriage,
Composite number (Math.),
Composite photograph
Composite portrait
Composite sailing (Naut.),
Composite ship,
n. That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. de- (intens.) + composite. ]
n. Anything decompounded. [ 1913 Webster ]
Decomposites of three metals or more. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Disposition. ] Disposed. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. --
a. [ L. incompositus. See Composite. ] Not composite; uncompounded; simple. [ 1913 Webster ]
Incomposite numbers.
n.
The opposites of this day's strife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The virtuous man meets with more opposites and opponents than any other. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
polar opposite
a. [ F., fr. L. oppositus, p. p. of opponere. See Opponent. ]
Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pleasure opposite to that which is designed in an epic poem. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. [ 1913 Webster ]
Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being opposite. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]