From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Composed \Com*posed"\, adjective Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.
The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. --Pope. -- {Com*pos"ed*ly}, adverb -- {Com*pos"ed*ness}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compose \Com*pose"\ (k[o^]m*p[=o]z"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Composed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Composing}.] [F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. See {Pose}, verb (used with an object)]
1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat.
2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. --Milton.
A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. --I. Watts.
3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. --Pope.
The genius that composed such works as the ''Standard'' and ''Last Supper''. --B. R. Haydon.
4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. --Dryden.
How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. --Milton.
5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.
Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. --Dryden.
6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: made up of individual elements; "if perception is seen as composed of isolated sense data..."
2: serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time" [ant: {discomposed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "composed": accepting, aligned, amalgam, amalgamation, arranged, arrayed, assorted, assured, at ease, aweless, balanced, calm, categorized, classified, collected, combination, comfortable, commixture, compact of, composed of, composing, composite, compost, compound, comprising, confident, consisting of, constituted, constituting, contained in, containing, content, contented, cool, disposed, easy, easygoing, embodied in, embodying, equanimous, equilibrious, eupeptic, euphoric, expected, expecting, fixed, formed of, graded, grouped, happy, harmonized, immixture, imperturbable, including, inclusive of, inexcitable, intermixture, levelheaded, made of, made out of, made up of, marshaled, methodized, mix, mix-up, nonchalant, normalized, of good comfort, ordered, orderly, organized, placed, placid, pleased, poised, possessed, quiet, ranged, ranked, recollected, reconciled, regularized, regulated, repressed, resigned, routinized, sans souci, satisfied, sedate, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-possessed, self-restrained, serene, serious, sorted, staid, standardized, still, subsuming, suppressed, synchronized, systematized, together, tranquil, unamazed, unastonished, unastounded, unawed, unbewildered, uncomplaining, undazed, undazzled, undumbfounded, unflappable, unimpressed, union, unmarveling, unmoved, unrepining, unruffled, unsurprised, unwondering, well-balanced, without care, wonderless
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