Composes meaning : To make something by merging parts. To make up the whole; to constitute. To comprise. To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition. To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.