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Meaning of compose

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  compose
      v 1: form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his
           personality"
      2: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn:
         {compose}, {write}]
      3: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
         four novels" [syn: {write}, {compose}, {pen}, {indite}]
      4: put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn:
         {compose}, {compile}]
      5: calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to
         compose herself before she could reply to this terrible
         insult"
      6: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn:
         {frame}, {compose}, {draw up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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