compose

verb

1. 1

   make up plans or basic details for

   frame a policy

2. 2

   put together out of existing material

   compile a list

3. 3

   produce a literary work

   She composed a poem

   He wrote four novels

4. 4

   write music

   Beethoven composed nine symphonies

5. 5

   calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet

   She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult

6. 6

   form the substance of

   Greed and ambition composed his personality