All 5 Uses of
compose
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- A scroll of smoke blew aside and revealed to him a wheat-rick in startling juxtaposition with the decaying one, and behind this a series of others, composing the main corn produce of the farm; so that instead of the straw-stack standing, as he had imagined comparatively isolated, there was a regular connection between it and the remaining stacks of the group.†
Chpt 4-6
- It would be a poor plain ballet of my own composure.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- Gabriel glanced hopelessly at the group, which, with one or two exceptions, composed all the able-bodied men upon the farm.†
Chpt 34-36
- There was no perceptible motion in the air, not a visible drop of water fell upon a leaf of the beeches, birches, and firs composing the wood on either side.†
Chpt 40-42
- He left the room, and when he thought she might be sufficiently composed sent one of the maids to her.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something