Their borrowed gold composed
The calf in Oreb.
Milton.
A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions.
I. Watts.
3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
Let me compose
Something in verse as well as prose.
Pope.
The genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper".
B. R. Haydon.
4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.
Dryden.
How in safety best we may
Compose our present evils.
Milton.
5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.
Compose thy mind;
Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.
Dryden.
6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Com*pose", v. i. To come to terms. [Obs.] Shak.
Com*posed" (?), a. Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self- possessed.
The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate,
Composed his posture, and his look sedate.
Pope.
-- Com*pos"ed*ly (&?;), adv. -- Com*pos"ed*ness, n.
Com*pos"er (?), n. 1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.
If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer.
Addison.
His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer.
Moore (Encyc. of Mus.).