Compounding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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              Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a
              tale of this sort.                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
        order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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              We have the power of altering and compounding those
              images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison.
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     3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing
        or part; to mingle with something else.
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              Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak.
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     4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
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              His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak.
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     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.
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              I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
                                                    --Shak.
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     {To compound a felony}, to accept of a consideration for
        forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an
        indictable offense. See {Theftbote}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  compounding \compounding\ n.
     the act of combining things.
  
     Syn: combination, combining.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  compounding
       n : the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: {combination},
            {combining}]