Definition of Compose

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Compose

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.

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.

To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.

To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.

To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).

To come to terms.

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Compose Quotations

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very much with his life anyway. The example usually is: he wasn't going to compose Beethoven's Fifth.
Kurt Vonnegut

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.
Roy Lichtenstein

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there.
John Donne

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
Nicolaus Copernicus

It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.
Johannes Brahms

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
Walter Lippmann

Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a lot of classical music. Eventually I would like to compose and perform classical.
Ben Harper

We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another.
John Le Carre

With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.
Geddy Lee

Compose Translations

compose in Dutch is samenstellen, componeren
compose in French is componez, composer, composons, composez, composent
compose in German is zusammensetzen, abfassen, zusammenstellen
compose in Latin is compono, scribo; scripsi scriptum
compose in Portuguese is componha
compose in Swedish is utarbeta, komponera

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