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Compound

noun

1.

A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts.

2.

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight. Synonym: chemical compound.

3.

An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient).

verb

(past & past part. compounded; pres. part. compounding)

1.

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify. "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her" , "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness" , "This event only deepened my convictions"

2.

Put or add together. Synonym: combine.

3.

Calculate principal and interest.

4.

Create by mixing or combining.

5.

Combine so as to form a whole; mix. Synonym: combine.

adjective

1.

Composed of more than one part. "Compound flower heads" Antonym: simple.

2.

Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts. "Housetop is a compound word" , "A blackberry is a compound fruit"

3.

Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony. Synonym: colonial.

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... considered the most inferior in foreign markets. Cacao is very little drunk throughout the province, and in the city we never saw it except at the cafes. It is a delicious drink when properly prepared, and one soon loses relish for that nasty compound known in the States as chocolate, whose main ingredients are damaged rice and soap fat. The cacao trees yield two crops annually, and, excepting in harvest time, the proprietors have nothing to do but lounge in their hammocks. Most of these people are ...

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... used to pray for his long life, because he was a compendium of the best qualities, encouraging the good and lief, and preventing evil and mischief. But the Wazir Mu'in bin Sawi on the contrary hated folk [FN4] and loved not the good and was a mere compound of ill; even as was ...

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... note— especially a new and crisp one, as this was—is a miraculous fragment of matter, wonderful in the pleasure which the sight of it gives, even to millionaires; but perhaps no five-pound note was ever so miraculous as Denry's. Ten per cent. per week, compound interest, mounts up; it ascends, and it lifts. Denry never talked precisely. But the town soon began to comprehend that he was a rising man, a man to watch. The town admitted that, so far, he had lived up to his reputation as a dancer with countesses. The ...

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... the numerous species of this genus flower about Michaelmas, hence their vulgar name of Michaelmas-Daisy; a name exceptionable not only on account of its length, but from its being a compound word. Aster, though a Latin term, is now so generally received, that we shall make ...

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