adjective. Tending to compose or soothe.

adjective. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.

adjective. a stand for holding cases of type when in use.

adjective. a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule.

adjective. an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

verb. Present participle of compose.

noun. the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

noun. musical creation

"I heard John Harbison, who in addition to his composing, is president of the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, tell this story: the Fund got a call from the Bush inaugural committee, who wanted to do an arrangement of "Fanfare for the Common Man" for heraldic trumpets (you know, the kind you always see in movies about the Roman Empire — hmmm)."

arrangement  placement  

closing  decomposing  disclosing  disposing  dozing  

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