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Compound

To combine so as to form a whole; mix
Tin was often compounded with lead to make pewter.

Botox

Alternative case form of Botox

Compound

To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts; compose or make up
Pharmacists compounding prescriptions.

Botox

Alternative case form of Botox

Compound

To settle (a debt, for example) by agreeing on an amount less than the claim; adjust.
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Botox

A neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smoothe frown lines temporarily

Compound

To compute (interest) on the principal and accrued interest.

Compound

To add to or intensify so as to make worse
"The university authorities ... compounded their crime in dismissing [the professor] by denying that their action ... reflected any abridgment of academic freedom" (John Kenneth Galbraith).

Compound

To make worse by being an additional or intensifying factor
High winds compounded the difficulties of the firefighters.

Compound

To combine in or form a compound.
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Compound

To come to terms; agree.

Compound

Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts.

Compound

(Botany) Composed of more than one part
A compound pistil.

Compound

A combination of two or more elements or parts.

Compound

(Linguistics) A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker, self-portrait, or high school, or of specially modified combining forms of words, such as Greek philosophia, from philo-, "loving," and sophia, "wisdom."

Compound

(Chemistry) A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.

Compound

A building or buildings, especially a residence or group of residences, set off and enclosed by a barrier.

Compound

An enclosed area used for confining prisoners of war.

Compound

An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

Compound

An enclosure for secure storage.

Compound

A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.

Compound

Anything made by combining several things.

Compound

(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.

Compound

A substance made from any combination of ingredients.

Compound

(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.

Compound

(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. bookshop, high school or non-standard.

Compound

(rail) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

Compound

Composed of elements; not simple.
A compound word

Compound

(math) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
Compound addition
Compound proportion

Compound

(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Compound

(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
To compound a medicine

Compound

To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
To compound a debt

Compound

(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.

Compound

(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
To compound with someone / for something

Compound

To compose; to constitute.

Compound

To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

Compound

To worsen a situation.

Compound

Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.

Compound

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

Compound

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.
Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun.
When the word "bishopric" was first made, it was made as a compound.

Compound

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.

Compound

To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort.

Compound

To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture.

Compound

To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Only compound me with forgotten dust.

Compound

To compose; to constitute.
His pomp and all what state compounds.

Compound

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.
I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.

Compound

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.
Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year.
They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
Compound for sins they are inclined toBy damning those they have no mind to.

Compound

Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.

Compound

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

Compound

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

Compound

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

Compound

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked;
The efforts were intensified
Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness
This event only deepened my convictions

Compound

Put or add together;
Combine resources

Compound

Calculate principal and interest

Compound

Create by mixing or combining

Compound

Combine so as to form a whole; mix;
Compound the ingredients

Compound

Of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes

Compound

Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts;
Soap is a compound substance
Housetop is a compound word
A blackberry is a compound fruit

Compound

Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony;
Coral is a colonial organism

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