DECOMPOSE, DECOMPOSED, DECOMPOSING
ADJECTIVES
1819 ► SAPROPHAGOUS living on decomposing matter
1913 ► DOZEY partly decomposed; of wood, poorly seasoned → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► FROWY partly decomposed and ill-smelling → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1661 ► UNALCHEMY to decompose chemically → obs.
1727 ► OPEN to dissolve, to decompose → obs.
Lexicophilia 