Compound(n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
Compound(n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
Compound(n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Compound(v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
Compound(v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound(v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
Compound(v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
Compound(v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Compound(v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
Compound(v. t.) 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.
Compoundable(a.) That may be compounded.
Compounded(imp. & p. p.) of Compound
Compounder(n.) One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
Compounder(n.) One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises.
Compounder(n.) One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
Compounder(n.) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
Compounder(n.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
Compounding(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compound
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