compose Definition

compose
verb composed, composing

tr & intr
1. To create (music).

Thesaurus: score, orchestrate, create.
2. To write (a poem, letter, article, etc).

Thesaurus: create, author, design, conceive, forge, invent; Antonym: cancel, erase.
3. To make up or constitute something.

Thesaurus: make up, constitute, form, fashion.
4. To arrange as a balanced, artistic whole
5. To calm (oneself); to bring (thoughts, etc) under control.
6. To settle (differences between people in dispute).

Thesaurus: calm, soothe, pacify, placate.
7. printing.
To arrange (type) or set (a page, etc) in type ready for printing.

Etymology: 16c: from French composer, from Latin componere to put together.