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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Compose \Com*pose"\, verb (used without an object) To come to terms. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verb
1: form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
2: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: {compose}, {write}]
3: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: {write}, {compose}, {pen}, {indite}]
4: put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn: {compose}, {compile}]
5: calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
6: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn: {frame}, {compose}, {draw up}]
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