compound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/
note: of Canada
enpr: kŏm'pound
ipa: /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/
note: of Canada
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/
ipa: /ˈkɔmpæɔnd/
ipa: /ˈkɒmpæʊnd/
ipa: /kəmˈpaʊnd/
ipa: /komˈpaʊnd/
enpr: kŏm'pound
ipa: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/
ipa: /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/
enpr: kəmpound'
ipa: /kəmˈpaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
ipa: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/
note: of Canada
enpr: kŏm'pound
ipa: /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/
note: of Canada
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/
ipa: /ˈkɔmpæɔnd/
ipa: /ˈkɒmpæʊnd/
ipa: /kəmˈpaʊnd/
ipa: /komˈpaʊnd/
Forms: form: compounds
form: compounding
form: compounded
form: compounded
Etymology: From Middle English compounen, from Middle French componre, compondre (“to put together”), from Latin componō, from Latin com- (“together”) + ponō (“to put”).
Senses: examples: text: to compound a medicine
text: Only compound me with forgotten dust.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
text: We have the power of altering[…] and compounding those images[…] into all the varieties of picture.
ref: 1712 July 2 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, June 21, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 411; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
text: incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: In eighteenth century France, many aphrodisiac dishes and pastries were compounded with chocolate.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 62:
synonyms: word: admix
word: amalgamate
word: bemingle
word: blend
word: combine
word: commingle
word: intermingle
word: intermix
word: mang
word: meddle
word: ming
word: mingle
word: mix
word: mix up
glosses: To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
examples: text: to compound a debt
topics: law
synonyms: settle
glosses: To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
examples: text: I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: No! no—if Charles has done nothing false or mean, I shall compound for his extravagance
ref: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.iii:
synonyms: compromise
glosses: To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
examples: text: to compound with someone / for something
text: Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; […] compound with him by the year.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
text: They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, Oxford: The Theater:
text: [Cornwall] compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
ref: 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:
text: Compound for sins they are inclined to / By damning those they have no mind to.
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: agree
word: agree
word: accord
word: meet
word: coexist
word: cohere
word: coincide
word: comport
word: comprobate
word: concur
word: consent
word: correspond
word: harmonize
word: tally
glosses: To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
examples: text: his pomp and all what state compounds
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
synonyms: word: compose
word: compound
word: comprise
word: constitute
word: form
word: indite
word: make up
word: represent
word: upmake
glosses: To compose; to constitute.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
examples: text: […] This latest example of nationalistic self-interest compounded anger across the EU over Trump’s travel ban, imposed last month without consultation or scientific justification.
ref: 2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: add fuel to the fire
word: add insult to injury
word: cap it all off
word: fan the flames
word: make matters worse
word: throw gasoline on the fire
word: With malice
word: hit someone when they are down
word: kick a dog when it's down
word: kick someone when they are down
word: punch down
word: put the boot in
word: rub it in
word: rub salt in the wound
word: strike someone when they are down
word: twist the knife
glosses: To worsen a situation.
examples: text: At the hill, the Warrior must have been at least ten lengths in front of Wild Dayrell; but he compounded about 200 yards on the T. Y. C. side of the Red House.
ref: 1855, The Sporting Review, volume 34, page 240:
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
Derived terms: compoundable
compounder
compounding pharmacy
recompound