compose

verb9

1. •
   To make something by merging parts.

   • The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
   • December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.
2. •
   To make up the whole; to constitute.

   • A church is composed of its members.
3. •
   (nonstandard) To comprise.
4. •
   To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

   • The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
   • Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven.
5. •
   [with oneself] To calm; to free from agitation.

   • Try to compose your thoughts.
   • The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.
6. •
   To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
7. •
   To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.

   • In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. — 1697
8. •
   (old-fashioned) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
9. •
   To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

   • By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision […] — 2010