Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decomposing"
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) 1.7 (wn)
decomposing
adj : becoming rotten; "a field covered with thousands of
decomposing bodies"; "John Brown's body lies
a-moldering in the grave"; "rotting animal flesh is
attractive to vultures" [syn: {moldering}, {mouldering},
{rotting}]
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