[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.
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   2. to put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
      order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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            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

compounding \compounding\ n.
   the act of combining things.

   syn: combination, combining.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

compounding
     n : the act of combining things to form a new whole syn: combination,
          combining
see also:
combination combining 

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