compone

See also: componé

English

Etymology

Latin componere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəmˈpəʊn/

Verb

compone (third-person singular simple present compones, present participle componing, simple past and past participle componed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
    • 31 March 1528, Casale, Gardiner and Foxe, letter to Wolsey
      a good pretence for componing peace

References

Italian

Verb

compone

  1. third-person singular present indicative of comporre

Latin

Verb

compōne

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of componō

Spanish

Verb

compone

  1. third-person singular present indicative of componer
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