compose

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Main Entry: com·pose
Pronunciation: k&m-'pOz
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): com·posed; com·pos·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French composer, from Latin componere (perfect indicative composui) -- more at COMPOUND
transitive verb
1 a : to form by putting together : FASHION <a committee composed of three representatives -- Current Biography> b : to form the substance of : CONSTITUTE <composed of many ingredients> c : to produce (as columns or pages of type) by composition
2 a : to create by mental or artistic labor : PRODUCE <compose a sonnet> b (1) : to formulate and write (a piece of music) (2) : to compose music for
3 : to deal with or act on so as to reduce to a minimum <compose their differences>
4 : to arrange in proper or orderly form
5 : to free from agitation : CALM, SETTLE <composed himself>
intransitive verb : to practice composition