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Definitions for decompound
diˈkɒm paʊnd, ˌdi kɒmˈpaʊnd, -kəm-de·com·pound
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Princeton's WordNet
decompoundadjective
of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Decompoundadjective
Composed of things or words already compounded; compounded a second time.
Etymology: from the verb.
The pretended salts and sulphur are so far from being elementary parts extracted out of the body of mercury, that they are rather, to borrow a term of the grammarians, decompound bodies, made up of the whole metal and the menstruum, or other additaments employed to disguise it. Boyle.
No body should use any compound or decompound of the substantial verbs, but as they are read in the common conjugations. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scrib.
To DECOMPOUNDverb
To compose of things already compounded; to compound a second time; to form by a second composition.
Etymology: decompono, Latin.
Nature herself doth in the bowels of the earth make decompounded bodies, as we see in vitriol, cinnabar, and even in sulphur itself. Robert Boyle, Scept. Chym.
When a word stands for a very complex idea, that is compounded and decompounded, it is not easy for men to form and retain that idea exactly. John Locke.
If the violet, blue and green, be intercepted, the remaining yellow, orange, and red, will compound upon the paper an orange; and then, if the intercepted colours be let pass, they will fall upon this compounded orange, and, together with it, decompound a white. Isaac Newton, Opt.
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decompound
Decompound, in the field of linguistics, refers to the process of removing elements from a compound word to create a simpler, new word. This can be done by either splitting the word into its constituent parts, or by removing affixes or other modifying elements.
Webster Dictionary
Decompoundverb
to compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time
Decompoundverb
to reduce to constituent parts; to decompose
Decompoundadjective
compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time
Decompoundadjective
several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite
Decompoundnoun
a decomposite
Etymology: [Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Decompound
de-kom-pownd′, v.t. to compound again: to compound things already compounded; also, to divide a thing into its constituent parts.—adj. compounded a second time.—adj. Decompound′able. [L. de, and compound.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of decompound in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of decompound in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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