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Composing   /kəmpˈoʊzɪŋ/   Listen
Composing

noun
1.
The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole.  Synonym: composition.
2.
Musical creation.  Synonym: composition.



Compose

verb
(past & past part. composed; pres. part. composing)
1.
Form the substance of.
2.
Write music.  Synonym: write.
3.
Produce a literary work.  Synonyms: indite, pen, write.  "He wrote four novels"
4.
Put together out of existing material.  Synonym: compile.
5.
Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet.
6.
Make up plans or basic details for.  Synonyms: draw up, frame.



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"Composing" Quotes from Famous Books



... by the heaviness produced by this inebriating draught, the soul falls along the zodiac and the milky way to the lower spheres, and in its descent not only takes, in each sphere, a new envelope of the material composing the luminous bodies of the planets, but receives there the different faculties which it is to exercise while it ...
— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike

... liberty to which he is entitled by his moral character, and possess all possible facilities for the full and healthy development of his entire nature. Here, under the combined influence of true religion, intelligence, and freedom—and these must go hand in hand—the millions composing this great nation must become ever more and more ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... they think the herd most likely to pass, and watch its motions. The gayals, on meeting these balls as they pass along, are attracted by their appearance and smell, and begin to lick them with their tongues, and, relishing the taste of the salt and the particular earth composing them, they never quit the place till all the balls are consumed. The Kookies, having observed the gayals to have once tasted their balls, prepare a sufficient supply of them to answer the intended purpose, and as the gayals lick them up they throw down more; and it ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale

... of a single State to absolve themselves at will and without the consent of the other States from their most solemn obligations, and hazard the liberties and happiness of the millions composing this Union, can not be acknowledged. Such authority is believed to be utterly repugnant both to the principles upon which the General Government is constituted and to the objects which it is expressly formed ...
— State of the Union Addresses of James Buchanan • James Buchanan

... was made to adapt the Veda to modern ideas by composing new Upanishads. The inspiration of such works is not denied but they have not the same influence as ...
— Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot


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