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recompound

recompound verb: to compound again or anew.

Verb

recompound (third-person singular simple present recompounds, present participle recompounding, simple past and past participle recompounded)

  1. (transitive) To compound again or anew.

Forms of recompound

third-person singular presentrecompounds
present participlerecompounding
past participlerecompounded
pastrecompounded

Origin of recompound

From re- + compound.

Questions about recompound

What does recompound mean?
Recompound means to compound again or anew.
What part of speech is recompound?
Recompound is a verb.
What is the past tense of recompound?
The past tense of recompound is recompounded.

Words near recompound in the dictionary

  1. recompositions
  2. recompost
  3. recomposted
  4. recomposting
  5. recomposts
  6. recompound
  7. recompounded
  8. recompounding
  9. recompounds
  10. recompress
  11. recompressed

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