All 3 Uses of
compose
in
Antony and Cleopatra
- Let's grant it is not Amiss to tumble on the bed of Ptolemy; To give a kingdom for a mirth; to sit And keep the turn of tippling with a slave; To reel the streets at noon, and stand the buffet With knaves that smell of sweat: say this becomes him,— As his composure must be rare indeed Whom these things cannot blemish,—yet must Antony No way excuse his foils when we do bear So great weight in his lightness.†
Scene 1.4 *
- If we compose well here, to Parthia; Hark, Ventidius.†
Scene 2.2
- —Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written, And seal'd between us.†
Scene 2.6 *
Definitions:
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(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something
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(compose as in: compose a poem) to write or create something with care -- especially music or a literary work, but could be other things as diverse as a plan or a letter