DECOMPOUND

v. a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.

2.
v.

To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. Hazlitt.

3.
a.

Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.

4.
a.

Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.

5.
n.

A decomposite.

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