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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
compound \compound"\ ko^mpound", v. t. imp. p. p.
compounded; p. pr. vb. n. compounding. oe. componen,
compounen, l. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set.
the d is excrescent. see position, and cf. compon'e.
1. to form or make by combining different elements,
ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
1913 webster
incapacitating him from successfully compounding a
tale of this sort. --sir w.
scott.
1913 webster
2. to put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
1913 webster
we have the power of altering and compounding those
images into all the varieties of picture. --addison.
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3. to modify or change by combination with some other thing
or part; to mingle with something else.
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only compound me with forgotten dust. --shak.
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4. to compose; to constitute. obs.
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his pomp and all what state compounds. --shak.
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5. to settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise;
to discharge from obligation upon terms different from
those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
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i pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
--shak.
1913 webster
to compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for
forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an
indictable offense. see theftbote.
1913 webster
see also:
compounded compounding position compon'e to compound a felony theftbote
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
compounded \compounded\ adj.
combined into or constituting a chemical compound.
wordnet 1.5
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
compounded
adj : combined into or constituting a chemical compound
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