compose
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See also composé
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From Old French composer (“‘to compose, compound, adjust, settle’”) < Latin componere (“‘to put together, compose’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + ponere (“‘to put, place’”)
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to compose (third-person singular simple present composes, present participle composing, simple past and past participle composed)
- (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [ from later 15th c.]
- The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
- Try to compose your thoughts.
- (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
- A church is composed of its members.
- The members compose the church.
- (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
- (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
- Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven.
- It's difficult to compose without absolute silence.
- (reflexive) To calm oneself down.
- The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.
- To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
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to make something by merging parts
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to make up the whole; to constitute
to comprise
to construct by mental labor; to think up
to calm oneself down
to arrange the elements of a picture
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[edit] French
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compose
- First-person singular indicative present form of composer.
- Third-person singular indicative present form of composer.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of composer.
- First-person singular subjunctive present form of composer.
- Third-person singular subjunctive present form of composer.
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compose
