Main entry: compose, frame, draw up
Definition: make up plans or basic details for
Usage: frame a policy
Definition: put together out of existing material
Usage: compile a list
Main entry: compose, write, indite, pen
Definition: produce a literary work
Usage: She composed a poem; He wrote four novels
Definition: write music
Usage: Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Main entry: compose
Definition: calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
Usage: She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult
Main entry: compose
Definition: form the substance of
Usage: Greed and ambition composed his personality