Decompound /(?)/

De·com·pound

Decompound

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Decompounding

  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

a.
  1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
  2. Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite. (Bot.)

Decompound

n.
  1. A decomposite.