3syllables
compounded
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Definitions ofcompounded
1verb
- To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
Example: "to compound a medicine"
- To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
- To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
- To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
Example: "to compound a debt"
- To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
- 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.
- To compose; to constitute.
- To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- To worsen a situation.
- Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
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