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Decomposing

 [dee-kuhm-pohz]   Origin

de·com·pose

   [dee-kuhm-pohz] verb, -posed, -pos·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
verb (used without object)
2.
to rot; putrefy: The egg began to decompose after a day in the sun.

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Origin:
1745–55; < French décomposer, equivalent to dé- dis-1 + composer to compose

Related forms
de·com·pos·a·ble, adjective
de·com·pos·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·de·com·pos·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms
1. distill, fractionate, analyze. 2. See decay.

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decompose
1762, from de- + compose. Sense of "putrefy" is first recorded 1777.
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