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compose
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compose as in:  compose a poem

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The assignment is to compose a poem.
compose = write
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    I use an electronic keyboard to help compose music.
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    I couldn't copy her essays, and I lacked the factual and stylistic know-how to compose my own.  (source)
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    Homework — compose a poem about my defeat of the Wagga Wagga Werewolf!  (source)
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    I spent about fifteen minutes composing one last e-mail, which I addressed to every single OASIS user.  (source)
    composing = writing
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    I hadn't realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn't predicted.  (source)
    composer = someone who writes music
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    They'd been learning about composers in school, where despite his obvious stupidity, Rudy excelled.  (source)
    composers = people who write music
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    Roy had mentally prepared himself to be blindfolded and tied up again—he'd even composed a short speech for the occasion.  (source)
    composed = written
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    She's been nagging at him to compose a poem to the nape of her neck, or to some other part of her anatomy, as is the practice among the more foppish of the court lovers, but his talents do not lie in that direction.  (source)
    compose = write
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    Maybe he writes up here, composes bad poetry.  (source)
    composes = writes
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    They began composing debates for their characters.  (source)
    composing = writing
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    I feel wonder, I feel awe, like a composer first discovering the works of Mozart.†  (source)
    composer = someone who writes or creates
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    Above were the search laboratories and the padded rooms in which Sound-Track Writers and Synthetic Composers did the delicate work.  (source)
    Composers = writers
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    Finally, a letter arrived, composed by Harvey and dictated to a nurse from his hospital bed.  (source)
    composed = written
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compose as in:  composed of many parts

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The United States is composed of 50 states.
composed = made up
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    The group is composed of students who live in the same apartment building.
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    The ACT was composed of four sections: math, English, science and reading.  (source)
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    That novel was composed of scratches on a page, dear.  (source)
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    These instructions had to be very simple, usually composed of just two or three words, such as "go south" or "get sword."  (source)
    composed = consisting
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    Not philosophers but fret-sawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society.  (source)
    compose = make up
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    Second, the delegations composing the convention were either satisfied by the Constitution or they agreed to it because they felt it was important to sacrifice their private opinions and interests to the public good or they feared the consequences of delays or new experiments.  (source)
    composing = making up
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    The city is ruled by a council of fifty people, composed entirely of representatives from Abnegation, because our faction is regarded as incorruptible, due to our commitment to selflessness.  (source)
    composed = made up
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    The founders of the greater part of the families which now compose the aristocracy of Salem might here be traced...  (source)
    compose = make up
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    Given the treacherous nature of the local topography (most of the cliffs that riddle the region are composed of Navajo sandstone, a crumbly stratum that erodes into smooth, bulging precipices) and Ruess's penchant for dangerous climbing, this is a credible scenario.  (source)
    composed = made up
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    I found that I could not compose a female without again devoting several months to profound study and laborious disquisition.  (source)
    compose = create by arranging parts
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    Claude looked at her, his face carefully composed into a mask of surprise.  (source)
    composed = made
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    For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males.  (source)
    compose = create
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    She had on a mink stole composed of lustrous tails, and was extricating herself from her gloves.  (source)
    composed = made
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compose as in:  compose myself

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    Before entering the interview room, she took a few deep breaths to compose herself and steady his nerves.
    compose = calm
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    When she pulled up at her parents' house, she had to compose herself before she walked in.  (source)
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    Several of these images show McCandless's belongings inside the derelict vehicle; as soon as Franz realizes what he's seeing, his eyes mist over, he thrusts the photos back at me without examining the rest, and the old man walks away to compose himself as I mumble a lame apology.  (source)
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    With every camera gleefully trained on him, I have just enough time to release the small, choked sound in my throat and compose myself.  (source)
    compose = calm or settle
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    She flashed Dodge a warning glance--say nothing--and he manned his guardsman's post as composedly as he could, across the room from his father.  (source)
    composedly = calmly
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    He fastened on Eliza a keen penetrating stare that discomposed her.†  (source)
    discomposed = unsettled (made nervous or uncomfortable)
    standard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discomposed reverses the meaning of composed. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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    Rosa was still in shock, but she composed herself.  (source)
    composed = calmed or settled
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    PROFESSOR McGONAGALL (composes herself for a moment): Your intentions to save Cedric were honorable, if misguided.†  (source)
    composes = calms or settles
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    This reply failed to discompose me, at least for the moment.†  (source)
    discompose = unsettle (make nervous or uncomfortable)
    standard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discompose reverses the meaning of compose. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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    It was their turn to be alarmed next, for a large powerful animal came puffing with a curious whistling sound through the dense thicket of reeds, passing close by and sorely discomposing them by its sudden appearance.†  (source)
    discomposing = unsettling (making nervous or uncomfortable)
    standard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discomposing reverses the meaning of composing. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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    Mum shut her eyes for a moment, as if composing herself before she spoke.  (source)
    composing = calming or settling
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    They err very much, who think religion, or a strict morality discomposes the mind, and renders it unfit for conversation; for it rather inspires us to innocent mirth, without such a counterfeit joy as vitious men appear with; and indeed wit is as consistent with religion, as religion is with good manners; nor is there any thing in the limitation of virtue and religion that should abate the pleasures of this world, but on the contrary rather serves to increase them.†  (source)
    discomposes = unsettles (makes nervous or uncomfortable)
    standard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discomposes reverses the meaning of composures. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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    Lale stays sitting as he tries to compose himself.  (source)
    compose = calm
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