All 4 Uses of
compose
in
Dubliners
- His features were composed in stern calm.†
Chpt 6
- The composure of the eyes irritated him.†
Chpt 8 *
- He had an odd autobiographical habit which led him to compose in his mind from time to time a short sentence about himself containing a subject in the third person and a predicate in the past tense.†
Chpt 11
- He was still discomposed by the girl's bitter and sudden retort.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something