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組成,寫作,作曲,使平靜創作,排字編寫

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Compose \Com*pose"\, 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.

            Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of
            all pious affection.                  --Bp. Sprat.

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

            Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb.
                                                  --Milton.

            A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual
            possessions.                          --I. Watts.

   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).

Compose \Com*pose"\, v. i.
   To come to terms. [Obs.] --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

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}]
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