compose

1. (transitive) To make something by merging parts.Examples: "The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters."; "December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection."transitive

2. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.Examples: "A church is composed of its members."; "A few useful things […] compose their intellectual possessions."Synonyms: constitutetransitive

3. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.nonstandardtransitive

4. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.Examples: "The orator composed his speech over the week prior."; "Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven."; "It's difficult to compose without absolute silence."intransitivetransitive

5. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.Examples: "Try to compose your thoughts."; "The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt."; "Compose thy mind; / Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed."reflexivesometimes

6. (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.dated