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composing
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composing
Verb
  • present participle of compose
compose
Verb
  • To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.] transitive
  • To make up the whole; to constitute. transitive
  • To comprise. transitive, nonstandard
  • To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. transitive or intransitive
  • To calm; to free from agitation. sometimes reflexive
  • To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
  • To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
  • To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
  • To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset. printing, dated