What does "decompound" mean?
Decompound: To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. Hazlitt.
Additional senses
- 2.Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
- 3.(Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
- 4.A decomposite.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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