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- You have to be graceful and composed, which isn't easy when you're falling toward the earth at terminal velocity.†
p. 207.1 *
- Then she composed herself and insisted on cleaning the house.†
p. 291.4
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) 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.