compounded

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compounded - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Compound \Com*pound"\ (k[o^]m*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.] [OE. componen,
     compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set.
     The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Compon['e].]
     1. To form or make by combining different elements,
        ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
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              Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a
              tale of this sort.                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
        order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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              We have the power of altering and compounding those
              images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison.
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     3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing
        or part; to mingle with something else.
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              Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak.
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     4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
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              His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak.
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     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.
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              I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
                                                    --Shak.
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     To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for
        forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an
        indictable offense. See Theftbote.
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  compounded \compounded\ adj.
     combined into or constituting a chemical compound.
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compounded - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  compounded
      adj 1: combined into or constituting a chemical compound