compose in WordNet English dictionary

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