com|pose

com|pose: com|pose «kuhm POHZ», verb, -posed, -pos|ing.

–v.t.

1. to make up: »The ocean is composed of salt water. Our party was composed of three grown-ups and four children. Water composes nearly 70 per cent of the human body.
SYNONYM(S): form, constitute.

2. to put together; arrange or produce: a) to create or write (music): »Beethoven composed nine symphonies.
b) to construct in words; write: »Poe composed mystery stories as well as love poems.

3. to set (type) to form words and sentences; arrange (words) in type: »to compose the front page of a newspaper.

4. to arrange the parts of (a painting).

5. to get (oneself) ready; put in a proper state: »The witness tried to compose herself to meet the prosecution's embarrassing questions.

6. to make calm; calm (oneself or one's features): »Stop crying and compose yourself before the doctor gets here.
SYNONYM(S): quiet, relax.

7. to settle; adjust: »to compose a dispute.
SYNONYM(S): reconcile.

–v.i.

1. a) to write music; be a composer: »The conductor composes only in the morning.
b) to write books, poems, or other literary works; be an author: »They say he's an excellent poet…composing as he goes in the street (Ben Jonson).

2. to set up type in a printing office.

╂[< Old French composer < com- together + poser place; influenced in meaning by Latin compōnere; see etym. under component (Cf. ↑component)]

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pho|to|com|pose — «FOH toh kuhm POHZ», transitive verb, posed, pos|ing. to prepare (printing plates) by photocomposition; compose on a photocomposing machine. –pho´to|com|pos´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
de|com|pose — «DEE kuhm POHZ», verb, posed, pos|ing. –v.i. 1. (of a substance) to become separated into its parts. 2. to become rotten; decay: »The old fruits and vegetables decomposed quickly in the heat. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under … Useful english dictionary
dis|com|pose — «DIHS kuhm POHZ», transitive verb, posed, pos|ing. 1. to disturb the self possession of; make uneasy; ruffle: »The grins of his friends discomposed him when he tried to make his report before the class. SYNONYM(S): agitate, disquiet, confuse. 2 … Useful english dictionary
re|com|pose — «REE kuhm POHZ», transitive verb, posed, pos|ing. 1. to compose again: »Whatever is decomposed may be recomposed by the being who first composed it (Joseph Priestley). 2. = rearrange. (Cf. ↑rearrange) … Useful english dictionary
com — com·bas·sou; com·bat·ive; com·bat·ive·ly; com·bat·ive·ness; com·ba·tiv·i·ty; com·bin·abil·i·ty; com·bin·able; com·bi·na·tion·al; com·bi·na·tion·al·ism; com·bi·na·tive; com·bi·na·to·ry; com·bined; com·bine·ment; com·bin·er; com·bi·net; com·bite;… … English syllables
pose — ap·pose; apur·pose; com·pose; con·tra·pose; coun·ter·pose; de·com·pose; de·pose; ex·pose; im·pose; in·dis·pose; in·fra·pose; in·ter·pose; jux·ta·pose; op·pose; op·pose·less; pap·pose; post·pose; pre·pose; pre·sup·pose; pro·pose; pur·pose·ful;… … English syllables
Pose (Daddy Yankee song) — Not to be mistaken with Vogue, a song by Madonna. For other uses, see Pose (disambiguation). Infobox Single Name = Pose Caption = Artist = Daddy Yankee from Album = Talento de Barrio A side = B side = Released = May 14 2008 (Airplay) August 12… … Wikipedia
de·com·pose — … Useful english dictionary
Pose to pose — A term used for a type of computer animation where armatures are posed and keyframed, so that the poses and be later be interpolated (a mathematical term meaning to make a transition between two points) to create complex or natural motions (like… … Wikipedia
pho´to|com|pos´er — pho|to|com|pose «FOH toh kuhm POHZ», transitive verb, posed, pos|ing. to prepare (printing plates) by photocomposition; compose on a photocomposing machine. –pho´to|com|pos´er, noun … Useful english dictionary

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