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compose

/kəmˈpəʊz/ UK
/kəmˈpoʊz/ Canada, US
/kəmˈpəʉz/ Australia
[kəmˈpɐʉz] Australia
/kəmˈpɐʉz/ New Zealand

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Where it comes from

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”).

verb composes · composing · composed

transitive To make something by merging parts. The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
transitive To make up the whole; to constitute. A church is composed of its members.
nonstandard, transitive To comprise.
intransitive, transitive To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
reflexive, sometimes To calm; to free from agitation. Try to compose your thoughts.
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement. By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision […]
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.
dated To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

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