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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).


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