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What does compose mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]
  2. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
  3. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
  4. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
  5. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
  6. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
  7. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
  8. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
  9. (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
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