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pounding
(encz) | pounding,bušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
pounding
(encz) | pounding,tlučení n: Zdeněk Brož |
pounding
(encz) | pounding,tlukot n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pounding
(gcide) | Pounding \Pound"ing\, n.
1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
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2. A pounded or pulverized substance. [R.] "Covered with the
poundings of these rocks." --J. S. Blackie.
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Pounding
(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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pounding
(wn) | pounding
n 1: repeated heavy blows [syn: pounding, buffeting]
2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he
felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throb, throbbing,
pounding]
3: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding
of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering,
pounding] |
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compounding
(encz) | compounding,sdružování n: Zdeněk Brožcompounding,sestavování n: Zdeněk Brožcompounding,slučování n: Zdeněk Brož |
expounding
(encz) | expounding,vykládání n: Zdeněk Brož |
impounding
(encz) | impounding,konfiskace n: RNDr. Pavel Piskačimpounding,zabavení n: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pounding
(encz) | pounding,bušení n: Zdeněk Brožpounding,tlučení n: Zdeněk Brožpounding,tlukot n: Zdeněk Brož |
Compounding
(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]compounding \compounding\ n.
the act of combining things.
Syn: combination, combining.
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compounding
(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]compounding \compounding\ n.
the act of combining things.
Syn: combination, combining.
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Decompounding
(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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Expounding
(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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Impounding
(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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Propounding
(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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compounding
(wn) | compounding
n 1: the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn:
combination, combining, compounding] |
expounding
(wn) | expounding
n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually
written) of a specific topic [syn: exposition,
expounding] |
impounding
(wn) | impounding
n 1: placing private property in the custody of an officer of
the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment,
poundage] |
pounding
(wn) | pounding
n 1: repeated heavy blows [syn: pounding, buffeting]
2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he
felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throb, throbbing,
pounding]
3: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding
of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering,
pounding] |
COMPOUNDING A FELONY
(bouvier) | COMPOUNDING A FELONY, The act of a party immediately aggrieved, who agrees
with a thief or other felon that he will not prosecute him, on condition
that he return to him the goods stolen, or who takes a reward not to
prosecute. This is an offence punishable by fine and imprisonment. The mere
retaking by the owner of stolen goods is no offence, unless the offender is
not to be prosecuted. Hale, P. C. 546 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 4.
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