All 6 Uses of

compose
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin

She seemed to have apprehended all of the composer's coldness and none of his poetry.†
Chpt 25 *

composer = someone who writes or creates

She lay wide awake composing a letter which was nothing like the one which she wrote next day.†
Chpt 25

Meanwhile, I shall ask you to begin with this cocktail, composed—would you say 'composed?'†
Chpt 30

Meanwhile, I shall ask you to begin with this cocktail, composed—would you say 'composed?'†
Chpt 30

" with an appeal to Miss Mayblunt—"composed by my father in honor of Sister Janet's wedding."†
Chpt 30

"Then, all things considered," spoke Arobin, "it might not be amiss to start out by drinking the Colonel's health in the cocktail which he composed, on the birthday of the most charming of women—the daughter whom he invented."†
Chpt 30 *

Definitions:

(1) (compose as in: compose a poem)
to write or create something with care
(2) (compose as in: composed of many parts)
to create something by arranging parts
(3) (compose as in: compose myself)
to calm someone or settle something
(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.