Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-COM-POUND'
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DE-COM-POUND', v.t. [de and compound.]
- To compound a second time; to compound or mix with that which is already compound; to form by a second composition. – Boyle. Locke. Newton.
- To decompose. [Little used, or not at all.]
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