\Com"pound\ (k[o^]m"pound), n. [Malay kompung a
village.]
In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house,
outbuildings, etc.

\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.

         Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a
         tale of this sort.                    --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
   order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

         We have the power of altering and compounding those
         images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison.

3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing
   or part; to mingle with something else.

         Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak.

4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]

         His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak.

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.

         I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
                                               --Shak.

{To compound a felony}, to accept of a consideration for
   forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an
   indictable offense. See {Theftbote}.

\Com*pound"\, v. i.
To effect a composition; 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.

      Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound
      with him by the year.                    --Shak.

      They were at last glad to compound for his bare
      commitment to the Tower.                 --Clarendon.

      Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after
      Michaelmas for thirty pounds.            --R. Carew.

      Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those
      they have no mind to.                    --Hudibras.

\Com"pound\, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
{Compound}, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.

      Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
      substances.                              --I. Watts.

{Compound addition}, {subtraction}, {multiplication},
{division} (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
   compound numbers.

{Compound crystal} (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
   seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
   according to regular laws of composition.

{Compound engine} (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
   the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
   is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
   cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
   successively.

{Compound ether}. (Chem.) See under {Ether}.

{Compound flower} (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
   flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
   a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
   dandelion.

{Compound fraction}. (Math.) See {Fraction}.

{Compound fracture}. See {Fracture}.

{Compound householder}, a householder who compounds or
   arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
   included in his rents. [Eng.]

{Compound interest}. See {Interest}.

{Compound larceny}. (Law) See {Larceny}.

{Compound leaf} (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
   blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.

{Compound microscope}. See {Microscope}.

{Compound motion}. See {Motion}.

{Compound number} (Math.), one constructed according to a
   varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
   -- called also {denominate number}.

{Compound pier} (Arch.), a clustered column.

{Compound quantity} (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
   more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
   (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
   compound quantities.

{Compound radical}. (Chem.) See {Radical}.

{Compound ratio} (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
   thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
   and b:d.

{Compound rest} (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
   lathe.

{Compound screw} (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
   or more screws with different pitch (a differential
   screw), or running in different directions (a right and
   left screw).

{Compound time} (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
   measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
   of two measures of 3-8 time.

{Compound word}, a word composed of two or more words;
   specifically, two or more words joined together by a
   hyphen.

\Com"pound\, n.
1. That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture
   of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of
   simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
   --Shak.

         Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun.
                                               --Goldsmith.

         When the word ``bishopric'' was first made, it was
         made as a compound.                   --Earle.

2. (Chem.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite
   proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct
   substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

Note: Every definite chemical compound always contains the
      same elements, united in the same proportions by
      weight, and with the same internal arrangement.

{Binary compound} (Chem.). See under {Binary}.

{Carbon compounds} (Chem.). See under {Carbon}.