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Verb
S:
(v)
compose
(form the substance of)
"Greed and ambition composed his personality"
S:
(v)
compose
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write
(write music)
"Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
S:
(v)
write
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compose
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pen
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indite
(produce a literary work)
"She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
S:
(v)
compose
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compile
(put together out of existing material)
"compile a list"
S:
(v)
compose
(calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)
"She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
S:
(v)
frame
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compose
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draw up
(make up plans or basic details for)
"frame a policy"