vt.

1. 作（詩，曲等）；構（圖）
   He spent his spare time composing poetry.

   他用空餘時間寫詩。

2. 使安定，使平靜，使鎮靜
   She composed herself to answer the letters.

   她靜下心來寫回信。

3. 調停（糾紛等）
4. 【印】排（字），排……的版
5. 組成，構成[H][（+of）]
   Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

   水是由氫和氧組成的。

vi.

1. 作詩，作曲，構圖
   That child prodigy began to compose at the age of five.

   那個神童五歲就開始作詩了。

2. 排字

v.

1. write or create (a musical or written work).
   ▸arrange so as to form an artistic whole.
2. (of elements) constitute or make up (a whole).
3. [often as adj. composed] calm or settle (one's features or thoughts).
4. prepare (a text) for printing by setting up the characters to be printed.
5. archaic settle (a dispute).