Found 3 items, similar to Compose.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: compose
gubah, membentuk, mencipta, menganggit, menggubah, mengubah
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: compose
compose
v 1: form the substance of;
“Greed and ambition composed his
personality”
2: write music;
“Beethoven composed nine symphonies” [syn:
write]
3: produce a literary work;
“She composed a poem”;
“He wrote
four novels” [syn:
write,
pen,
indite]
4: put together out of existing material;
“compile a list”
[syn:
compile]
5: calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet;
“She had to
compose herself before she could reply to this terrible
insult”
6: draw up the plans or basic details for;
“frame a policy”
[syn:
frame,
draw up]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Compose
Compose
\Com*pose"\, v. i.
To come to terms. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Compose
\Com*pose"\ (k[o^]m*p[=o]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Composed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Composing.] [F. composer; com-
+ poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the
origin is different. See
Pose, v. t.]
1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts;
to put together; to make up; to fashion.
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Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of
all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat.
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2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to
constitute.
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Their borrowed gold composed
The calf in Oreb. --Milton.
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A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual
possessions. --I. Watts.
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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.
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Let me compose
Something in verse as well as prose. --Pope.
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The genius that composed such works as the
“Standard” and
“Last Supper”. --B. R.
Haydon.
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4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in
proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
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In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. --Dryden.
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How in safety best we may
Compose our present evils. --Milton.
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5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to
soothe; to calm; to quiet.
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Compose thy mind;
Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.
--Dryden.
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6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order
for printing; to set (type).
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