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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Decompose \De`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decomposed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Decomposing.] [Cf. F. d['e]composer. Cf.
     Discompose.]
     To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into
     original elements; to set free from previously existing forms
     of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or
     decay.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Decompose \De`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decomposed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Decomposing.] [Cf. F. d['e]composer. Cf.
     Discompose.]
     To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into
     original elements; to set free from previously existing forms
     of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or
     decay.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  decomposing
       adj : becoming rotten; "a field covered with thousands of
             decomposing bodies"; "John Brown's body lies
             a-moldering in the grave" [syn: moldering, mouldering]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  decomposing
     vb.
     (present participle of en decompose nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  decomposing
     vb.
     (present participle of en decompose nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  decomposing
     vb.
     (present participle of en decompose nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  decomposing
     vb.
     (present participle of en decompose nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  decomposing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm d ecompos ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  decomposing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en decompose ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Decomposing /dˌiːkəmpˈəʊzɪŋ/
  التفسّخ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decomposing /dˌiːkəmpˈəʊzɪŋ/ 
  rozkládající