com·pose /kəmˈpoz/
(vt.)組成,寫作,作曲,使平靜(vi.)創作,排字(v.)編寫
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Com·pose v. t. [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. --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).
Com·pose, v. i. To come to terms. [Obs.]
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compose
v 1: form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his
personality"
2: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: write]
3: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, pen, indite]
4: put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
[syn: compile]
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"
[syn: frame, draw up]