compose
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Definitions
Verb
form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
Verb
write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
Verb
produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
Verb
put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
Verb
calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
Verb
make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
More General Terms
be
calm
calm down
comprise
constitute
create
create verbally
lull
make
make up
plan
quiet
quieten
represent
still
tranquilize
tranquillise
tranquillize
More Specific Terms
adopt
annotate
anthologise
anthologize
arrange
author
catalog
catalogue
cite
cobble together
cobble up
counterpoint
dash off
draft
dramatise
dramatize
draw
fling off
footnote
harmonise
harmonize
instrument
instrumentate
knock off
lyric
melodise
melodize
outline
paragraph
poetise
poetize
profile
reference
rewrite
score
scratch off
script
set
set to music
toss off
verse
versify
write about
write copy
write of
write off
write on
write out
write up