compose
/kəmˈpəʊz/
Dictionary
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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