The act of putting together; assembly.
A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
Ste. What do'st thou know me for? Kent. A Knave, a Rascall, [...] one that would'st be a Baud in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a Kave, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, one whom I will beate in to clamours whining, if thou deny'st the least sillable of thy addition.
The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
From Middle English composicioun, borrowed from Old French composicion, from Latin compositiō, compositiōnem.
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