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decompound

VT สลายตัว  sa-lai-tua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECOMPOUND

v.t. 1. To compound a second time; to compound or mix with that which is already compound; to form by a second composition.
2. To decompose.

 

DECOMPOUND

a. 1. Composed of things or words already compounded; compounded a second time.
2. A decompound leaf, in botany, is when the primary petiole is so divided that each part forms a compound leaf. A decompound flower is formed of compound flowers, or containing, within a common calyx, smaller calyxes, common to several flowers.

 

DECOMPOUNDABLE

a.That may be decompounded.

 

DECOMPOUNDED

pp. Compounded a second time; composed of things already compounded.

 

DECOMPOUNDING

ppr. Compounding a second time.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECOMPOUND

De `com *pound ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n.Decompounding. ] Etym: [Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1 ) + compound, v. t.]

 

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.

 

DECOMPOUND

De `com *pound ", a. Etym: [Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a.]

 

1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.

 

DECOMPOUND

DECOMPOUND De `com *pound ", n.

 

Defn: A decomposite.

 

DECOMPOUNDABLE

DECOMPOUNDABLE De `com *pound "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being decompounded.