Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recompose \Re`com*pose"\ (-p?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Recomposed} (-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recomposing}.] [Pref.
   re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.]
   1. To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or
      repeatedly.

            The far greater number of the objects presented to
            our observation can only be decomposed, but not
            actually recomposed.                  --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.

   2. To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize;
      as, to recompose the mind. --Jer. Taylor.