decompound

decompound is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. Hazlitt.
  2. 2.Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
  3. 3.(Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
  4. 4.A decomposite.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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  • Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
  • Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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