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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compound \Com*pound"\ (k[o^]m*pound"), verb (used with an object) [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.
Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison.
3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak.
4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak.
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.
I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. --Shak.
{To compound a felony}, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See {Theftbote}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
compounded \compounded\ adjective combined into or constituting a chemical compound. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
compounded
adjective: combined into or constituting a chemical compound
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