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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."
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2. Etymology: from Latin dis-, "opposite of" + com, "put together, arrange" + poser, "to place."
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