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<blockquote>His pomp and all what state <b>compounds</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; <as>as, to <ex>compound</ex> a debt</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I pray, my lords, let me <b>compound</b> this strife. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To compound a felony</col>, <cd>to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See <er>Theftbote</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Com*pound"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by <i>with</i> before the person participating, and <i>for</i> before the thing compounded or the <i>consideration</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . <b>compound</b> with him by the year. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They were at last glad to <b>compound</b> for his bare commitment to the Tower. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cornwall <b>compounded</b> to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. <i>R. Carew.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Compound</b> for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Com"pound</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>compouned</ets>, p. p. of <ets>compounen</ets>. See <er>Compound</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; <as>as, a <ex>compound</ex> word</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Compound</b> substances are made up of two or more simple substances. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Compound addition</col>, <col>substraction</col>, <col>multiplication</col>, <col>division</col></mcol> <fld>(Arith.)</fld>, <cd>the addition, substraction, etc., of compound numbers.</cd> -- <col>Compound crystal</col> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld>, <cd>a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition.</cd> -- <col>Compound engine</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively.</cd> -- <col>Compound ether</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Ether</er>.</cd> -- <col>Compound flower</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion.</cd> -- <col>Compound fraction</col>. <fld>(Math.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Fraction</er>.</cd> -- <col>Compound fracture</col>. <cd>See <er>Fracture</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Compound householder</col>, <cd>a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Compound interest</col>. <cd>See <er>Interest</er>.</cd> -- <col>Compound larceny</col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See <er>Larceny</er>.</cd> -- <col>Compound leaf</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.</cd> -- <col>Compound microscope</col>. <cd>See <er>Microscope</er>.</cd> -- <col>Compound motion</col>. <cd>See <er>Motion</er>.</cd> -- <col>Compound number</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 <i>cwt.<i>, 1 <i>qr.<i>, 5 <i>lb.<i>; -- called also <altname>denominate number</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Compound pier</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a clustered column.</cd> -- <col>Compound quantity</col> <fld>(Alg.)</fld>, <cd>a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, <mathex>a + b - c</mathex>, and <mathex>bb - b</mathex>, are compound quantities.</cd> -- <col>Compound radical</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Radical</er>.</cd> -- <col>Compound ratio</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>the product of two or more ratios; thus <mathex>ab:cd</mathex> is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios <mathex>a:c</mathex> and <mathex>b:d</mathex>.</cd> -- <col>Compound rest</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>the tool carriage of an engine lathe.</cd> -- <col>Compound screw</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw).</cd> -- <col>Compound time</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time.</cd> -- <col>Compound word</col>, <cd>a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Com"pound</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Rare <b>compound</b> of oddity, frolic, and fun. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When the word "bishopric" was first made, it was made as a <b>compound</b>. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; <as>as, water is a <ex>compound</ex> of oxygen and hydrogen</as>.</def>

<note>&hand; Every definite chemical <i>compound</i> always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement.</note>

<cs><col>Binary compound</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>. <cd>See under <er>Binary</er>.</cd> -- <col>Carbon compounds</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>. <cd>See under <er>Carbon</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Com*pound"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be compounded.</def>

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<hw>Com*pound"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; <as>as, a <ex>compounder</ex> of medicines</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises.</def> "<i>Compounder</i> in politics."

<i>Burke.</i>