Com*pos"i*tous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the CompositŠ; composite. [R.] Darwin.
Com*pos"si*ble (?), a. [Pref. com- + possible.] Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.] Chillingworth.
Com"post (?; 277), n.[OF. compost, fr. L. compositus, p. p. See Composite.] 1. A mixture; a compound. [R.]
A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.
Hammond.
2. (Agric.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.
And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker.
Shak.
Com"post, v. t. 1. To manure with compost.
2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
Com*pos"ture (?; 135), n. [L. compositura, -postura, a joining.] Manure; compost. [Obs.] Shak.
Com*po"sure (?), n. [From Compose.] 1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. [Obs.]
Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.
Evelyn.