<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To decompose.</li><li>Obsolete. To compound a second or further time.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Botany. Divided into compound divisions.</li><li>Composed of compounds; compound the parts of which are also compounds, as a bipinnate leaf.</li></ul>