Word of the Day:
compose
What It Means
To make something by merging parts.
To make up the whole; to constitute.
To comprise.
Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven.
Compose in Context
“By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision […]”
Did You Know?
From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”).
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