'Decompounding' definitions:
Definition of 'Decompounding'
From: GCIDE
- Decompound \De`com*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Decompounding.] [Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1) + compound, v. t.]
- 1. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. [1913 Webster]
- It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]