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compounded
com·pound 1 C0534600 (kŏm-pound′, kəm-, kŏm′pound′)v. com·pound·ed, com·pound·ing, com·pounds v.tr.1. To combine so as to form a whole; mix: Tin was often compounded with lead to make pewter. 2. To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts; compose or make up: pharmacists compounding prescriptions.3. To settle (a debt, for example) by agreeing on an amount less than the claim; adjust.4. To compute (interest) on the principal and accrued interest.5. a. To add to or intensify so as to make worse: "The university authorities ... compounded their crime in dismissing [the professor] by denying that their action ... reflected any abridgment of academic freedom" (John Kenneth Galbraith).b. To make worse by being an additional or intensifying factor: High winds compounded the difficulties of the firefighters.v.intr.1. To combine in or form a compound.2. To come to terms; agree.adj. (kŏm′pound′, kŏm-pound′, kəm-)1. Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts.2. Botany Composed of more than one part: a compound pistil.n. (kŏm′pound′)1. A combination of two or more elements or parts.2. Linguistics A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker, self-portrait, or high school, or of specially modified combining forms of words, such as Greek philosophia, from philo-, "loving," and sophia, "wisdom."3. Chemistry A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.
[Alteration of Middle English compounen, from Old French componre, compondre, to put together, from Latin compōnere; see component.]
com·pound′a·ble adj.com·pound′er n.
com·pound 2 C0534700 (kŏm′pound′)n.1. A building or buildings, especially a residence or group of residences, set off and enclosed by a barrier.2. An enclosed area used for confining prisoners of war.
[Alteration of Malay kampong, village.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | compounded - combined into or constituting a chemical compoundcombined - made or joined or united into one |
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