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  • English Word Compound Definition To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
  • English Word Compound Definition To compose; to constitute.
  • English Word Compound Definition 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.
  • English Word Compound Definition 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.
  • English Word Compound Definition Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
  • English Word Compound Definition 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.
  • English Word Compound Definition 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.
  • English Word Compoundable Definition That may be compounded.
  • English Word Compounded Definition of Compound
  • English Word Compounder Definition One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
  • English Word Compounder Definition One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises.
  • English Word Compounder Definition One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
  • English Word Compounder Definition One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
  • English Word Compounder Definition A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
  • English Word Compounding Definition of Compound
  • English Word Comprador Definition A kind of steward or agent.
  • English Word Comprecation Definition A praying together.
  • English Word Comprehend Definition To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
  • English Word Comprehend Definition To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
  • English Word Comprehend Definition To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
  • English Word Comprehended Definition of Comprehend
  • English Word Comprehending Definition of Comprehend
  • English Word Comprehensibility Definition The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.
  • English Word Comprehensible Definition Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.
  • English Word Comprehensible Definition Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.
  • English Word Comprehensibleness Definition The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
  • English Word Comprehensibly Definition With great extent of signification; comprehensively.
  • English Word Comprehensibly Definition Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.
  • English Word Comprehension Definition The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.
  • English Word Comprehension Definition That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome.