All 3 Uses of
compose
in
The Horse Whisperer
- In the living room, the music she'd found on Grace's radio had given way to a learned discussion about some composer she'd never heard of.†
Chpt 33 *composer = someone who writes or creates
- "I know what you're going to say, that people who've had injuries like mine do ride again, but I don't—" She broke off for a moment, composing herself.†
Chpt 4
- She was composing an important memo to all her key people on how they should handle interference from Crawford Gates.†
Chpt 26
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.