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noun

Decompound n. A decomposite.

verb

Decompound v. t. (past & past part. decompounded; pres. part. decompounding)

To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.

To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. "It divides and decompounds objects into... parts."

adjective

Decompound adj.

Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.

(Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.

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Etymology of 'Decompound'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Decompound" Quotes from Famous Books

... over it; and thus, in fact, leave their pictures nothing at last but overgrown miniatures, but huge caricatures. It is not necessary in any case (either in a larger or a smaller compass) to go into the details, so as to lose sight of the effect, and decompound the face into porous and transparent molecules, in the manner of Denner, who painted what he saw through a magnifying-glass. The painter's eye need not be a microscope, but I contend that it should be a looking-glass, bright, clear, lucid. The little in art begins with insignificant parts, with ...

— Table-Talk - Essays on Men and Manners • William Hazlitt

... nothing at last but overgrown miniatures, but huge caricatures. It is not necessary in any case (either in a larger or a smaller compass) to go into the details, so as to lose sight of the effect, and decompound the face into porous and transparent molecules, in the manner of Denner, who painted what he saw through a magnifying-glass. The painter's eye need not be a microscope, but I contend that it should be ...

— Table-Talk - Essays on Men and Manners • William Hazlitt