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decomposed

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de·com·pose  (dkm-pz)
v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es
v.tr.
1. To separate into components or basic elements.
2. To cause to rot.
v.intr.
1. To become broken down into components; disintegrate.
2. To decay; putrefy. See Synonyms at decay.

decom·posa·bili·ty n.
decom·posa·ble adj.
Translations
decomposed [ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊzd] adj [body, plant] → décomposé(e)
decomposed
adj (= rotten)verfault, faul; corpseverwest; foodverfault


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The stone was thus partly protected from the weather, though greatly decomposed.
In their turn, again, these rings of cosmical matter, excited by a rotary motion about the central mass, would have been broken up and decomposed into secondary nebulosities, that is to say, into planets.
In the sunlight her black costume looked greenish, with here and there threadbare patches where the stuff seemed decomposed by age into a velvety, black, furry state.
 
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