'Compounding' definitions:

Definition of 'compounding'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: combination, combining, compounding]

Definition of 'Compounding'

From: GCIDE
  • Compound \Com*pound"\ (k[o^]m*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.] [OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Compon['e].]
  • 1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine. [1913 Webster]
  • Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. [1913 Webster]
  • We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. [1913 Webster]
  • Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt. [1913 Webster]
  • I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'compounding'

From: GCIDE
  • compounding \compounding\ n. the act of combining things.
  • Syn: combination, combining. [WordNet 1.5]