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21COMPOSÉ — s. m. Un tout formé de deux ou de plusieurs parties. Il se dit Des choses physiques et des choses morales. L homme est un composé de corps et d âme. Ce médicament est un composé de plusieurs drogues. Cet homme est un composé ridicule d ignorance… …
22compose — com|pose [kəmˈpəuz US ˈpouz] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: composer, from Latin componere; COMPOUND2] 1.) a) be composed of sth to be formed from a number of substances, parts, or people = ↑consist of ▪ Water is composed of hydrogen… …
23Composé — 1Com|po|sé [kõpo ze: ], der; [s], [s] [frz. composé, 2. Part. von: composer = zusammensetzen, zu lat. compositum, ↑ Kompositum]: zweifarbig gemustertes Gewebe, bei dem Muster u. Grundfarbe wechseln. 2Com|po|sé , das; [s], s: a) Kombination aus… …
24compose */*/ — UK [kəmˈpəʊz] / US [kəmˈpoʊz] verb Word forms compose : present tense I/you/we/they compose he/she/it composes present participle composing past tense composed past participle composed 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] music to write a piece of… …
25compose — verb (composed; composing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French composer, from Latin componere (perfect indicative composui) more at compound Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to form by putting …
26Composé — 1Com|po|sé [kõpo ze:] der; [s], [s] <zu fr. composé »zusammengesetzt« (Part. Perf. von composer »zusammensetzen«), dies aus lat. compositum, vgl. ↑Kompositum> zweifarbig gemustertes Gewebe, bei dem Muster u. Grundfarbe wechseln. Composé 2… …
27compose — verb ADVERB ▪ specially ▪ music specially composed for the occasion Compose is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑composer, ↑musician Compose is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ballet, ↑concerto, ↑ …
28compose — v. (B) to compose an ode to an emperor * * * [kəm pəʊz] (B) to compose an ode to an emperor …
29compose — com|pose [ kəm pouz ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to write a piece of music: The song was specially composed for their wedding. a ) transitive FORMAL to write something, especially thinking carefully about it: He sat down and composed …
30compose — verb 1) a poem composed by Shelley Syn: write, formulate, devise, make up, think up, produce, invent, concoct; pen, author, draft; score, orchestrate, choreograph 2) compose a still life …
