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Pounded (gcide) | Pounce \Pounce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pouncing.]
To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a
pattern.
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Pounded (gcide) | Pound \Pound\ (pound), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pounding.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf.
Pun a play on words.]
1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
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With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
--Dryden.
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2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break
into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy
instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
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compounded (encz) | compounded,složený adj: Zdeněk Brožcompounded,složil v: Zdeněk Brož |
expounded (encz) | expounded,vynakládaný adj: Zdeněk Brožexpounded,vynaložený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
impounded (encz) | impounded,zabavený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
propounded (encz) | propounded,předložil v: Zdeněk Brož |
uncompounded (encz) | uncompounded, |
Compounded (gcide) | Compound \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.
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Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a
tale of this sort. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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We have the power of altering and compounding those
images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison.
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3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing
or part; to mingle with something else.
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Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak.
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4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
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His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak.
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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.
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I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
--Shak.
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To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for
forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an
indictable offense. See Theftbote.
[1913 Webster]compounded \compounded\ adj.
combined into or constituting a chemical compound.
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compounded (gcide) | Compound \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.
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Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a
tale of this sort. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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We have the power of altering and compounding those
images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison.
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3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing
or part; to mingle with something else.
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Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak.
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4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
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His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak.
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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.
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I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
--Shak.
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To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for
forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an
indictable offense. See Theftbote.
[1913 Webster]compounded \compounded\ adj.
combined into or constituting a chemical compound.
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Decompounded (gcide) | Decompound \De`com*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decompounded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Decompounding.] [Pref. de- (intens. in
sense 1) + compound, v. t.]
1. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to
compound a second time.
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2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
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It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts.
--Hazlitt.
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Expounded (gcide) | Expound \Ex*pound"\ ([e^]ks*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Expounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Expounding.] [OE. exponen,
expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose,
expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre.
See Position.]
1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.]
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He expounded both his pockets. --Hudibras.
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2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of
obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of
Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
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Expound this matter more fully to me. --Bunyan.
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Impounded (gcide) | Impound \Im*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Impounding.]
To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to
hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a
court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally
parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping.
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But taken and impounded as a stray,
The king of Scots. --Shak.
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Propounded (gcide) | Propound \Pro*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propounded; p. pr.
& vb. n. Propounding.] [From earlier propone, L. proponere,
propositum, to set forth, propose, propound; pro for, before
+ ponere to put. See Position, and cf. Provost.]
1. To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to
propound a question; to propound an argument. --Shak.
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And darest thou to the Son of God propound
To worship thee, accursed? --Milton.
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It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to
propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel.
--Coleridge.
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2. (Eccl.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to
communion with a church.
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Uncompounded (gcide) | Uncompounded \Uncompounded\
See compounded. |
Unexpounded (gcide) | Unexpounded \Unexpounded\
See expounded. |
compounded (wn) | compounded
adj 1: combined into or constituting a chemical compound |
uncompounded (wn) | uncompounded
adj 1: not constituting a compound [syn: uncompounded,
unmixed] |
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