3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. -- To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.

Dis`com*posed" (?), a. Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.

Dis*com`po*si"tion (?), n. Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.

Dis`com*po"sure (?; 135), n. 1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

No discomposure stirred her features.

Akenside.

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