All 5 Uses of
compose
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- On the whole I incline to the latter view, since the matter was evidently important, and it is unlikely that the composer of such a letter would be careless.†
Chpt 4 *composer = someone who writes or creates
- Did the composer fear an interruption—and from whom?†
Chpt 4
- We may take it, therefore, that the letter was composed by an educated man who wished to pose as an uneducated one, and his effort to conceal his own writing suggests that that writing might be known, or come to be known, by you.†
Chpt 4 *
- —My voice trembled as I recalled the pains and the pride with which I had composed them.†
Chpt 12
- His features were still composed, but his eyes shone with amused exultation.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(compose as in: compose a poem) to write or create something with care
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(2)
(compose as in: composed of many parts) to create something by arranging parts
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(3)
(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Specialized senses of compose include typesetting (preparing text for printing). There are many specialized senses of composition where context tells what something is made up from. Finally, in classic literature, compose may have been used to indicate settling a dispute.