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English Dictionary: compose	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for compose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compose v form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality" write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" Synonym(s): compose, write produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" Synonym(s): write, compose, pen, indite put together out of existing material; "compile a list" Synonym(s): compose, compile calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" Synonym(s): frame, compose, draw up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compose \Com*pose"\, v. i. To come to terms. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compose \Compose"\, v. t. [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}, v. t.] 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 [bd]Standard[b8] and [bd]Last Supper[b8]. --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).