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

• “compone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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