(kom′pound) noun
1. A combination of two or more elements, ingredients, or parts.
2. A compound engine.
3. A compound word.
4. Chem. A definite substance resulting from the combination of specific elements or radicals in fixed proportions: distinguished from mixture.
—v. (kom·pound′, kəm-) v.t.
1. To make by the combination of various elements or ingredients.
2. To mix elements or parts to form a compound substance; combine: to compound drugs.
3. To compromise; settle for less than the sum due: to compound a debt.
4. To cover up or condone (a crime) for a consideration: to compound a felony.
5. To compute, as interest, by geometric progression.
6. Electr. To place duplex windings on the field magnets of (a dynamo), one serving as a shunt and the other being in series with the main circuit, making the machine self–regulating.
7. Obs. To compose; form.
—v.i.
8. To come to terms; take a compromise settlement.
—adjective (kom′pound, kom·pound′) Composed of, or produced by the union of, two or more elements, ingredients, or parts; composite. See synonyms under COMPLEX. [<OF compondre <L componere. See COMPOSITE.]
—com·pound′a·ble adjective
—com·pound′er noun

(kom′pound) noun
In the Orient, the walled or fenced enclosure of a residence, cantonment, or factory; also, any similar enclosed place. [<Malay kampong]