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Compound

noun

1.

A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts.

2.

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight. Synonym: chemical compound.

3.

An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient).

verb

(past & past part. compounded; pres. part. compounding)

1.

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify. "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her" , "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness" , "This event only deepened my convictions"

2.

Put or add together. Synonym: combine.

3.

Calculate principal and interest.

4.

Create by mixing or combining.

5.

Combine so as to form a whole; mix. Synonym: combine.

adjective

1.

Composed of more than one part. "Compound flower heads"

2.

Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts. "Housetop is a compound word" , "A blackberry is a compound fruit"

3.

Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony. Synonym: colonial.

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"Compound" Quotes from Famous Books

... it, he could have done nothing better for the success of his plan; under the pressure of conscience Daisy could bear trouble in doing right, but the argument of affection went near to trouble her conscience. Daisy was obliged to compound for a good many tears, before she could get away and begin her drive. And when she did, her mind was in a flutter. A hundred dollars! how much good could be done with a hundred dollars. Why, would it not be right to do something, even sing such a song on Sunday, when it was sung ...

— Melbourne House • Elizabeth Wetherell

... written. She was the chattel of the Minota's splendid skipper. So much did Mrs. London and I come to love her, that Mrs. London, after the wreck of the Minota, deliberately and shamelessly stole her from the Minota's skipper. I do further admit that I did, deliberately and shamelessly, compound my wife's felony. We loved Peggy so! Dear royal, glorious little dog, buried at sea off the ...

— Jerry of the Islands • Jack London

... mix up a wretched salad of cheers and curses, mingle weeds with their herbs, and fancy that we will find this devilish compound pleasing to our palates! We shall remember them for ...

— The Youth of the Great Elector • L. Muhlbach

... 'twas the lady's property rather than her person which was the allure. And reflection dissuaded me; a legal union left me, a young and not unhandsome man, irrevocably fettered to an old woman; whereas a mock-marriage afforded an eternal option to compound the match—for a consideration—with the lady's relatives, to whom, I had instinctively divined, her alliance with me would prove distasteful. Accordingly I had availed myself of my colleague's skill [Footnote: I witnessed this same Quarmby's hanging in 1754, and ...

— Gallantry - Dizain des Fetes Galantes • James Branch Cabell

... fashion a seat out of their four hands on which the disabled child may sit with his arms about the necks of his two friends. If the fractured end of the bone penetrates the flesh it is then known as a compound fracture and the utmost cleanliness must prevail—as in dressing other wounds. An X ray laboratory should always be sought, where convenient, to ascertain if the ends of the bones are ...

— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler

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