composer, v.n., to compound, to compromise, to make up, to adjust; to capitulate. Il a composé avec ses créanciers; he has compounded with his creditors.
composeur, n.m., scribbler, paltry writer.
composite, adj., (arch.) composite.
composite, n.m., composite order.
compositeur, n.m., composer (of music); (jur.) compounder; (print.) compositor. Amiable —; (jur.) compounder, friendly arbitrator.
composition, n.f., composition, construction, composing, written examination; theme, agreement, settlement; capitulation. Venir à —; to come to an agreement. Un homme de —; an easy, tractable person. Faire bonne —; to grant advantageous terms. Il est de difficile —; he is hard to deal with. Se rendre par —; to surrender upon terms. Entrer en —; to enter into terms of composition.
compost, n.m., (agri.) compost.
composter, v.a., (agri.) to compost.
composteur, n.m., (print.) composing-stick.
compote, n.f., compote, stewed fruit, stew. — de pigeons; stewed pigeons. Avoir l’œil en —; to have a black eye. Avoir les yeux en —; to have a pair of black eyes.