Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Compónere, v. a. (V. ponere,)
1. V. comporre; 2. to assemble, collect together.
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componere: to compose, to compound, to frame, to set in order or mingle together. Also to settle and dispose. Also to agree or compound. Also to deuise or frame in minde as any Poeme or Oration.