composev. t.[F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. See Pose, v. t.]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).()v. i. To come to terms.(Shak.)