decompound

[ verb dee-kuhm-pound; adjective dee-kom-pound, dee-kom-pound, -kuhm- ]

verb (used with object)

1. to decompose.
2. Obsolete. to compound a second or further time.

adjective

1. Botany. divided into compound divisions.
2. composed of compounds compound the parts of which are also compounds, compound, as a bipinnate leaf.

decompound

/ ˌdiːkəmˈpaʊnd /

adjective

1. (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
2. made up of one or more compounds

verb

1. a less common word for decompose
2. obsolete.
   to mix with or form from one or more compounds

Other Words From

• unde·com·pounded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of decompound¹

First recorded in 1605–15; de- + compound ¹

Example Sentences

Thus, Fig. 161 represents a four times ternately compound (in other words a ternately decompound) leaf of a common Meadow Rue.

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If you propose to decompound Soap by means thereof, you must first dissolve it in a sufficient quantity of water.

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As Acids have a greater affinity than any other substance with Alkalis, they may be very effectually employed to decompound Soap.

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Therefore, if you would decompound it by the means of an Acid, you must pour that Acid immediately on the compound.

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