Compose /(kŏm*pōz")/

imp. & p. p. Composed; p. pr. & vb. n. Composing

1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

   Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.

2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.

   Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb.

   A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions.

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.

   Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose.

   The genius that composed such works as the “Standard” and “Last Supper”.

4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.

   In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.

   How in safety best we may Compose our present evils.

5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.

   Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.

6. To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type). (Print.)

1. To come to terms. [Obs.]