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compose

com·pose

UK/kəmˈpəʊz/ US/kəmˈpoʊz/ uncommon dated

verb

1.

form the substance of

  • “Greed and ambition composed his personality”
2.

write music

  • “Beethoven composed nine symphonies”
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3.

produce a literary work

  • “She composed a poem”
  • “He wrote four novels”
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4.

put together out of existing material

  • “compile a list”
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5.

calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet

  • “She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult”
6.

draw up the plans or basic details for

  • “frame a policy”
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Origin

From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”).

Phrases

  • composing frame
  • composing rule
  • composing stick

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