Compound Synonyms & Definitions

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• CompoundDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
2. (v. t.) 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.
3. (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
4. (n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
5. (v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
6. (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
7. (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
8. (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
9. (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
10. (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.

• CompounderDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
2. (n.) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
3. (n.) One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises.
4. (n.) One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
5. (n.) One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.

• Compound controlDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.