verb (used with object)
- to decompose.
- Obsolete. to compound a second or further time.
adjective
- Botany. divided into compound divisions.
- composed of compounds the parts of which are also compounds, as a bipinnate leaf.
adjective
- (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
- made up of one or more compounds
verb
- a less common word for decompose
- obsolete to mix with or form from one or more compounds