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What does the word compose mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To Make up of parts; construct; form; constitute.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To tranquilize; calm; reconcile; arrange; settle.

Part of speech: verb

To engage in composition.

Part of speech: noun

Composer.

Usage examples for compose

I do not know that General Branch is present with his brigade, but I do know that the troops at Hanover compose Branch's brigade. – Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
I'm telling the t- truth, Speug, and I never tell lies, but sometimes I compose t- tales. – Young Barbarians by Ian Maclaren