From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
compose
v 1: form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his
personality"
2: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn:
compose, write]
3: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite]
4: put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn:
compose, compile]
5: calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to
compose herself before she could reply to this terrible
insult"
6: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn:
frame, compose, draw up]