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decompose (dee" kuhm POHZ) (verb)
1. To undergo a chemical change resulting in rot or decay: Jason put the vegetable trimmings in the garden to decompose and fertilize the soil.
2. To cause something; such as, dead plants and the bodies of dead animals, to be slowly destroyed and broken down by natural processes, chemicals, etc.: Bacteria and fungi help to decompose organic matter.
discompose (dis" kuhm POHZ) (verb)
To make someone lose his or her usual state of calm; to agitate or to unsettle and so to put into a state of disorder: The bad news about Olivia's mother could only discompose or upset us.

A visitor observed Beethoven seated at the piano earnestly erasing the notes from a score in front of him. As the man approached, Beethoven exclaimed, "Please, don’t interrupt me because I’m trying to decompose."

When Emily went for a hike earlier today, she discovered a human body which had been left to decompose under a tree. Seeing these bodily remains caused her to discompose and so she went straight to the police to tell them what she found.

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discompose (verb), discomposes; discomposed; discomposing
1. To disturb or to agitate someone: Tom discomposed his grandmother while she was taking an afternoon nap by turning on the TV and turning up the volume as he was watching a football game.
2. Etymology: from Latin dis-, "opposite of" + com, "put together, arrange" + poser, "to place."
To disturb, to agitate, or to perturb.
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