Compose

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To come to terms.

II. Compose ·vt To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).

III. Compose ·vt To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to Constitute.

IV. Compose ·vt To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to Fashion.

V. Compose ·vt To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to Adjust; to Regulate.

VI. Compose ·vt To free from agitation or disturbance; to Tranquilize; to Soothe; to Calm; to Quiet.

VII. Compose ·vt 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.