Compound: Definition and part of speech

Compound

  1. n. In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
  2. v. t. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
  3. v. t. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
  4. v. t. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
  5. v. t. To compose; to constitute.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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