Obs. [f. COMPOSE + -AL: cf. disposal, proposal.] The action of composing.
c. 1630. Jackson, Creed, IV. vi. Wks. III. 68. Practise or right composal of affections being the end … of all moral discipline.
1672–5. Comber, Comp. Temple, Pref. (1702), 8. Charity … which guided his hand in the composal of these lines.
1700. W. King, Transactioneer, Pref. 2. What time can there be required for the Composal of such?
