Definition of compose. Meaning of compose. Synonyms of compose

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Definition of compose

Compose
Compose Com*pose", 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. Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat. 2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute. Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. --Milton. A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. --I. Watts. 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. --Pope. The genius that composed such works as the ``Standard' and ``Last Supper'. --B. R. Haydon. 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. --Dryden. How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. --Milton. 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. --Dryden. 6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Compose
Compose Com*pose", v. i. To come to terms. [Obs.] --Shak.

Meaning of compose from wikipedia

- see also : compose key , a key on a computer keyboard.
- date april 2010 in the development of european classical music , the function of composing music initially did not have much greater
- if composed before being performed, music can be performed from memory, through written musical notation , or through a combination of
- during much of the letterpress era , moveable type was composed by hand for each page . cast metal sorts were composited into words and
- for instance, the functions f: x → y and g: y → z can be composed by computing the output of g when it has an argument of f(x) instead of
- a compose key, available on some computer keyboard s, is a special kind of modifier key designated to signal the software to interpret
- date december 2009 the term composition (from latin com- 'with' and ponere 'to place'), in written language, refers to the collective body
- the ability to easily compose functions encourages factoring (breaking apart) functions for maintainability and code reuse .
- passé composé (pase kɔ̃pɔze, compound past) is the most commonly used past tense in the modern french language . it is used to express an
- poetic champions compose is the seventeenth studio album by northern irish singer-songwriter van morrison , released in 1987 on mercury