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compose

/kəmˈpəʊz/
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verb

  • To make something by merging parts.

    "The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters."

  • To make up the whole; to constitute.

    "A church is composed of its members."

  • To comprise.
  • To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

    "It's difficult to compose without absolute silence."

  • (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.

    "The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt."

  • To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
  • To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
  • To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
  • To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

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