Compose, v. a.
- 1. Constitute, form, make, compound, put together, make up.
- 2. Indite, write, frame, invent, contrive, imagine, create, draw up, put or set down in writing, express by
writing.
- 3. Adjust, settle, regulate.
- 4. Tranquillize, assuage, soothe, appease, pacify, calm, still, quiet, quell.
Composed, a. Calm, quiet, unruffled, undisturbed, unmoved, tranquil, placid, sedate, collected, self- possessed, imperturbable, cool.
Composite, a. Compounded, complex.
Composition, n.
- 1. Constitution, formation, making.
- 2. Compound, mixture.
- 3. Union, conjunction, combination, arrangement (of parts).
- 4. Writing, literary work, invention (esp. in music, painting, or sculpture).
- 5. Compromise, agreement, arrangement.
Compost, n. Manure, fertilizer, fertilizing mixture.
Composure, n. Quiet, tranquillity, calmness, sedateness, placidity, coolness, equanimity, self-possession.
Compot, Compote, n. Stewed fruit.
Compotation, n.
- 1. Pot-companionship, tippling in company, drinking together.
- 2. Revelling, revelry, conviviality, carousing, wassailing, frolicking, jollification.
- 3. Revel, debauch, bacchanals, saturnalia, wassail, orgies, carouse, carousal, drinking-bout, wassail-
bout, merry frolic, jolly time, jollification (colloq.), spree (colloq.).