Meaning

• To make something by merging parts.

  "The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters."

• To make up the whole; to constitute.

  "A church is composed of its members."

• To comprise.

• To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

  "It's difficult to compose without absolute silence."

• (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.

  "The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt."

• To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.

• To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

• To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.

• To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.