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noun

compounding n. The act of combining things.

Synonyms: combination, combining.

verb

Compound v. t. (past & past part. compounded; pres. part. compounding)

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."

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."

3.

To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. "Only compound me with forgotten dust."

4.

To compose; to constitute. (Obs.) "His pomp and all what state compounds."

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."

To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote.

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. "Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow;... compound with him by the year." "They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower." "Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds." "Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to."

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... could pay from her income, and she had trembled before the wicket as she asked the banker if she had funds to pay it, and wondered why he laughed when he assured her she had. For Mrs. Comstock had spent no time on compounding interest, and never added the sums she had been depositing through nearly twenty years. Now she thought her funds were almost gone, and every day she worried over expenses. She could see no reason in going through the forms of graduation when pupils had all in their heads that was ...

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... sects of Pharisees, viz, these:—(1.) The shoulder Pharisee, i.e., he who, as it were, shoulders his good works to be seen of men. (2.) The time-gaining Pharisee, he who says, "Wait a while; let me first perform this or that good work." (3.) The compounding Pharisee, i.e., he who says, "May my few sins be deducted from my many virtues, and thus atoned for" (or the blood-letting Pharisee, i.e., he who for fear lest he should look by chance on a woman shuts his eyes and wounds his face). (4.) The Pharisee who ...

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... darkly; "I daresay that that feeling will soon wear off. But, of course, if you won't, you won't; and, under those circumstances, you had better say nothing about the will—though," she added learnedly, "of course that would be compounding a felony." ...

— Mr. Meeson's Will • H. Rider Haggard

... kneeling she went back to her couch, slept a little, and then wondered to see Sister Avice still compounding her simples. ...

— Grisly Grisell • Charlotte M. Yonge

... terms with a thief, by which you agree not to prosecute him, is a legal offence called 'compounding ...

— Dr. Jolliffe's Boys • Lewis Hough

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