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Compound (k&obreve_;mpound), n. [Malay kompung a village.] In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
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Compound, v. i. 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.
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Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year.
Shak.
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They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
Clarendon.
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Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
R. Carew.
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Compound for sins they are inclined to
By damning those they have no mind to.
Hudibras.
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Compound, n. 1. 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. Shak.
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Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun.
Goldsmith.
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When the word “bishopric” was first made, it was made as a compound.
Earle.
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2. (Chem.) 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.
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&hand_; Every definite chemical compound always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement.
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Binary compound (Chem.). See under Binary. -- Carbon compounds (Chem.). See under Carbon.
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