Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To compose beforehand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To compose beforehand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
compose beforehand .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such was his flow of thoughts, and such his promptitude of language, that in the latter part of his life he did not precompose his cursory sermons, but having adjusted the heads, and sketched out some particulars, trusted for success to his extemporary powers.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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Such was his flow of thoughts, and such his promptitude of language, that in the latter part of his life he did not precompose his cursory sermons, but, having adjusted the heads and sketched out some particulars, trusted for success to his extemporary powers.
Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 Samuel Johnson 1746
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Also that I personally love it for After Effects stuff and having too many layers isn't really an issue since it's generally better to precompose as much stuff as you can without disrupting the workflow unless you're working with a super computer or something.
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To have easier control over your text later, precompose it.
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