Main Entry: com·pose

Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈpōz\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): com·posed; com·pos·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French composer, from Latin componere (perfect indicative composui) — more at compound

Date: 15th century

transitive verb 1 a : to form by putting together : fashion <a committee composed of three representatives — Current Biography> b : to form the substance of : constitute <composed of many ingredients> c : to produce (as columns or pages of type) by composition
2 a : to create by mental or artistic labor : produce <compose a sonnet> b (1) : to formulate and write (a piece of music) (2) : to compose music for
3 : to deal with or act on so as to reduce to a minimum <compose their differences>
4 : to arrange in proper or orderly form
5 : to free from agitation : calm, settle <composed himself>intransitive verb : to practice composition