noun
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An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
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A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices
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Anything made by combining several things.
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A substance made from any combination elements.
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A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
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A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
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A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
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To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
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to compound a medicine
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To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
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To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
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to compound a debt
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To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
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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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To compose; to constitute.
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To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
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To worsen a situation.
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Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.