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What is the verb for composition?

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compose
  1. (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]
  2. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
  3. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
  4. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
  5. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
  6. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
  7. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
  8. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
  9. (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “The following examples show various ways to compose a painting with a bowl of fruit as the center of interest.”
      “This young author is politely requested to compose an article, for which he will be handsomely paid.”
      “The conference was conducted in an attempt to gather ideas to compose a strategy for flora conservation.”
composed
compositing
composite
  1. To make a composite.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Be sure to get clean standalone shots of these with a plain background and nothing else in the frame because the client may be planning to composite the images.”
composites
composes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compose
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He plays the lute too, and the flageolet, considers lessons in whistling, even composes.”
      “Taking the best parts of electro, techno and disco, he composes on the fly and makes instantly catchy and melodic dance tracks.”
      “Today's congressman composes tightly worded sound bites and reads them from a cue card when reporters call.”
composeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of compose
composited
  1. simple past tense and past participle of composite
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The most notable shot is a flyover of a cloverleaf highway intersection that is perfectly composited and executed.”
      “To avoid this give-away I decided that the final images would be digitally composited together in PSP by using its layering feature.”
      “Milk was sampled once weekly at all three milkings and composited for each cow.”
composest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of compose
composing
  1. present participle of compose
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As Nicholas Daniel observed, Poulenc had a sure understanding of wind instruments, composing solo sonatas for each of them, except the bassoon.”
      “Then I copied the logos and trademarked slogans of the printer manufacturers and started composing my own colorful work.”
      “There is also a sense of joy and sheer pleasure in composing and in sound worlds which comes across, no sterile academicism.”
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