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compose

 
/kəmˈpoʊz/ v [T] (CREATE)

Definition

to produce or create music, poems, or a piece of writing: The opera was composed in 1931 but wasn’t performed until 1940.
(Definition of compose v (CREATE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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