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compose

verb
/kəmˈpəʊz/UK/kəmˈpoʊz/CA/kəmˈpəʉz/

Etymology

From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”).

  1. derived from componere
  2. derived from composer
  3. inherited from composen

Definitions

  1. To make something by merging parts.

    • 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.

  2. To make up the whole

    To make up the whole; to constitute.

    • A church is composed of its members.
    • A few useful things […] compose their intellectual possessions.

  3. To comprise.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. To construct by mental labor

      To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

      • 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.

    2. To calm

      To calm; to free from agitation.

      • 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.

    3. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.

    4. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.)

      To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

      • By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision […]

    5. To arrange in proper form

      To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.

      • In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.
      • How in safety best we may / Compose our present evils.

    6. To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing

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

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Derived

cocompose, composability, composable, composer, composing frame, composing rule, composing stick, composite, composition, compositor, composograph, composure, decompose, discompose, miscompose, photocompose, postcompose, precompose, recompose, through-composed

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at compose. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at compose. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at compose

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA