'Compose' definitions:
Definition of 'compose'
(from WordNet)
verb
Form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
verb
Write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: compose, write]
verb
Produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite]
verb
Put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn: compose, compile]
verb
Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
verb
Definition of 'Compose'
From: GCIDE
- Compose \Com*pose"\ (k[o^]m*p[=o]z"), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute. [1913 Webster]
- Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper". --B. R. Haydon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate. [1913 Webster]
- In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet. [1913 Webster]
- Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compose'
From: GCIDE
- Compose \Com*pose"\, v. i. To come to terms. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compose'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accommodate with,
- accord,
- adapt,
- adapt to,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- admix,
- agree with,
- align,
- allay,
- allocate,
- allot,
- alloy,
- amalgamate,
- appease,
- apportion,
- arrange,
- arrange matters,
- array,
- assemble,
- assimilate to,
- author,
- balm,
- be guided by,
- becalm,
- bemingle,
- bend,
- blend,
- bottle up,
- brew,
- bring to terms,
- bring together,
- build,
- build up,
- calm,
- calm down,
- cast,
- check,
- chime in with,
- close,
- close with,
- coalesce,
- coauthor,
- collaborate,
- collect,
- collocate,
- combine,
- comfort,
- commingle,
- commix,
- comply,
- comply with,
- compose oneself,
- compound,
- comprise,
- compromise,
- conclude,
- concoct,
- conform,
- conglomerate,
- consist in,
- consist of,
- console,
- constitute,
- construct,
- contain,
- contrive,
- control,
- cool,
- cop out,
- correct,
- correspond,
- cradle,
- create,
- dash off,
- deal,
- deal out,
- decoct,
- devise,
- discipline,
- dispose,
- distribute,
- down,
- dream up,
- duck responsibility,
- dulcify,
- ease,
- ease up,
- editorialize,
- elaborate,
- embody,
- emulsify,
- enter into,
- erect,
- evade responsibility,
- even out,
- evolve,
- extrude,
- fabricate,
- fall in with,
- fashion,
- fit,
- fix,
- fix up,
- follow,
- form,
- formulate,
- frame,
- free-lance,
- fudge together,
- fuse,
- gear to,
- gentle,
- get up,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- give and take,
- give way,
- go by,
- go fifty-fifty,
- go into,
- harmonize,
- hash,
- heal the breach,
- hold in,
- homogenize,
- hush,
- imagine,
- immingle,
- immix,
- impose,
- incorporate,
- indite,
- instrument,
- instrumentate,
- integrate,
- interblend,
- interlace,
- interlard,
- intermingle,
- intermix,
- intertwine,
- interweave,
- invent,
- join,
- jumble,
- justify,
- knead,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- lessen,
- let up,
- line,
- line up,
- lull,
- make,
- make a deal,
- make an adaptation,
- make an adjustment,
- make concessions,
- make conform,
- make one easy,
- make up,
- manufacture,
- marshal,
- mature,
- mediate,
- meet,
- meet halfway,
- melodize,
- merge,
- merge in,
- mingle,
- mingle-mangle,
- mitigate,
- mix,
- mix up,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mold,
- mollify,
- musicalize,
- novelize,
- observe,
- orchestrate,
- organize,
- originate,
- overrun,
- pacify,
- pamphleteer,
- parcel out,
- patch things up,
- patch together,
- pi,
- pi a form,
- piece together,
- place,
- play politics,
- pocket,
- pour balm into,
- prefabricate,
- prepare,
- produce,
- put in tune,
- put to music,
- put together,
- put up,
- quell,
- quiet,
- quiet down,
- raise,
- rally,
- range,
- reach a compromise,
- rear,
- reconcile,
- rectify,
- regiment,
- rein,
- relax,
- repress,
- resolve,
- rest,
- restore harmony,
- restrain,
- reunite,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- rub off corners,
- run up,
- scenarize,
- score,
- scramble,
- set,
- set in print,
- set out,
- set to music,
- set up,
- settle,
- settle differences,
- settle with,
- shape,
- shuffle,
- simmer down,
- slacken,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth it over,
- smooth over,
- smoothen,
- smother,
- soften,
- solace,
- soothe,
- space,
- split the difference,
- stabilize,
- steady,
- still,
- stir up,
- straighten,
- straighten out,
- strike a balance,
- strike a bargain,
- structure,
- subdue,
- suit,
- suppress,
- surrender,
- syncretize,
- synthesize,
- take the mean,
- tally with,
- temper,
- think up,
- throw on paper,
- throw together,
- toss together,
- tranquilize,
- transcribe,
- transpose,
- tune down,
- unite in,
- weave peace between,
- whomp up,
- work,
- work out,
- write,
- yield