compoundest

Verb

compound (third-person singular simple present compounds, present participle compounding, simple past and past participle compounded)

1. (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
   • to compound a medicine

   Synonyms:

   admix, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, combine, commingle, intermingle, intermix, involve, mang

2. (transitive) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
   • to compound a debt

   Synonyms:

   settle

3. (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
   • I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.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...

   Synonyms:

   compromise

4. (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
   • to compound with someone / for something

   Synonyms:

   agree, accord, meet, coexist, cohere, coincide, comport, comprobate, concur, consent

5. (obsolete, transitive) To compose; to constitute.
   • his pomp and all what state compoundsc. 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...

   Synonyms:

   compose, comprise, constitute, form, indite, make up, represent, upmake

6. (intransitive) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

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