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The Meaning of compose

  • (v. t.) To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
  • (v. t.) To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
  • (v. t.) To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.
  • (v. t.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
  • (v. i.) To come to terms.

Synonyms

write , write , pen , indite , compile , frame , draw up

Rhymes

alagoas , ambrose , arose , beaus , bestows , blose , blows , boase , boes , bongos , bose , boulos , bowes , bows , boze , brose , bulldoze , chose , close , clothes , cose , cowes , crose , crows , croze , decompose , demos , depose , disclose , dispose , dominoes , dominos , doze , dubose , duclos , eaux , enclose , eskimos , expose , fallows , foes , foreclose , froze , ghose , glows , gloze , goes , goghs , gose , grose , groseclose , grows , hose , impose , interpose , joes , jos , juxtapose , klose , knows , kroes , kroeze , loews , logos , lowes , lows , meadows , melrose , misdiagnose , moes , mose , ngos , noes , nose , ohs , ooohs , oppose , ose , overexpose , owes , pharos , pose , pows , predispose , presuppose , primrose , propose , pros , prose , rainbows , reimpose , repos , repose , rockrose , rohs , rose , rowes , rows , shadows , slows , snows , sows , stavros , studios , superimpose , suppose , tempos , those , throes , throws , toes , tomorrows , tows , transpose , troas , yoes