compone

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/kəmˈpəʊn/

verb

To compose; to settle; to arrange.

OriginLatin componere →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person compones · participle present componing · participle past componed · past componed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo compose; to settle; to arrange.

    31 March 1528, Casale, Gardiner and Foxe, letter to Wolsey a good pretence for componing peace

Origin

  1. Latincomponere
  2. Englishcompone

From Latin componere.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compone.

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