[com.pose] vb com.posed ; com.pos.ing [ME, fr. MF composer, fr. L componere (perf. indic. composui)--more at compound] vt (15c) 1 a: to form by putting together: fashion "a committee composed of three representatives --Current Biog." b: to form the substance of: constitute "composed of many ingredients" c: to produce (as columns or pages of type) by composition
2. a: to create by mental or artistic labor: produce "~ a sonnet" b (1): to formulate and write (a piece of music) (2): to compose music for
3: to deal with or act on so as to reduce to a minimum "~ their differences"
4: to arrange in proper or orderly form
5: to free from agitation: calm, settle "composed himself" ~ vi: to practice composition