Dis*com"pa*ny (?), v. t. To free from company; to dissociate. [R.]

It she be alone now, and discompanied.

B. Jonson.

Dis`com*plex"ion (?), v. t. To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Dis`com*pli"ance (?), n. Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.

A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor.

Pepys.

Dis`com*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discomposing.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. décomposer.] 1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

Or discomposed the headdress of a prude.

Pope.

2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.

Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity.

Glanvill.

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