'Composed' definitions:
Definition of 'composed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time" [ant: discomposed]
Definition of 'Composed'
From: GCIDE
- Composed \Com*posed"\, a. Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed. [1913 Webster]
- The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. --Pope. -- {Com*pos"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Com*pos"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Composed'
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]
Synonyms of 'composed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepting,
- aligned,
- amalgam,
- amalgamation,
- arranged,
- arrayed,
- assorted,
- assured,
- at ease,
- aweless,
- balanced,
- calm,
- categorized,
- classified,
- collected,
- combination,
- comfortable,
- commixture,
- compact of,
- composed of,
- composing,
- composite,
- compost,
- compound,
- comprising,
- confident,
- consisting of,
- constituted,
- constituting,
- contained in,
- containing,
- content,
- contented,
- cool,
- disposed,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- embodied in,
- embodying,
- equanimous,
- equilibrious,
- eupeptic,
- euphoric,
- expected,
- expecting,
- fixed,
- formed of,
- graded,
- grouped,
- happy,
- harmonized,
- immixture,
- imperturbable,
- including,
- inclusive of,
- inexcitable,
- intermixture,
- levelheaded,
- made of,
- made out of,
- made up of,
- marshaled,
- methodized,
- mix,
- mix-up,
- nonchalant,
- normalized,
- of good comfort,
- ordered,
- orderly,
- organized,
- placed,
- placid,
- pleased,
- poised,
- possessed,
- quiet,
- ranged,
- ranked,
- recollected,
- reconciled,
- regularized,
- regulated,
- repressed,
- resigned,
- routinized,
- sans souci,
- satisfied,
- sedate,
- self-assured,
- self-confident,
- self-controlled,
- self-possessed,
- self-restrained,
- serene,
- serious,
- sorted,
- staid,
- standardized,
- still,
- subsuming,
- suppressed,
- synchronized,
- systematized,
- together,
- tranquil,
- unamazed,
- unastonished,
- unastounded,
- unawed,
- unbewildered,
- uncomplaining,
- undazed,
- undazzled,
- undumbfounded,
- unflappable,
- unimpressed,
- union,
- unmarveling,
- unmoved,
- unrepining,
- unruffled,
- unsurprised,
- unwondering,
- well-balanced,
- without care,
- wonderless