compound > define

noun

• A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts.
• Chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight.
  • synonyms: chemical compound
• An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient. )

verb

• Make more intense, stronger, or more marked.
  • usage: "The efforts were intensified, "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
  • synonyms: intensify, heighten, deepen
• Put or add together.
  • usage: "combine resources"
  • synonyms: combine
• Calculate principal and interest.
• Create by mixing or combining.
• Combine so as to form a whole; mix.
  • usage: "compound the ingredients"
  • synonyms: combine

adjective

• Composed of more than one part.
  • usage: "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
• Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts.
  • usage: "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
• Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony.
  • usage: "coral is a colonial organism"
  • synonyms: colonial

• (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.
• (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.
• (v.t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
• (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.
• (v.t.) To compose; to constitute.
• (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.
• (v.t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
• (v.t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix or unite.
• (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
• (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.