compounding

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the act of combining things to form a new wholeSynonyms: combination combining

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Compound \Com*pound"\ (k[o^]m*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.] [OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Compon['e].]

1.To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine. [1913 Webster]

Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

2.To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. [1913 Webster]

We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

3.To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. [1913 Webster]

Only compound me with forgotten dust.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To compose; to constitute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

His pomp and all what state compounds.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

5.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. [1913 Webster]

I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote. [1913 Webster]

compounding \compounding\ n. the act of combining things.

Syn: combination, combining. [WordNet 1.5]