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Decompound
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A decomposite.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
2. Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.