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Decompound
Deˊcom-pound′
,Verb.
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.
2.
To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
It divides and
decompounds
objects into . . . parts. Hazlitt.
Deˊcom-pound′
,Adj.
[Pref.
de-
(intens.) + compound
, a.
] 1.
Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
2.
(Bot.)
Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
Deˊcom-pound′
,Noun.
A decomposite.