Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of
all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat.
2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to
constitute.
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).