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  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.
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              Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a
              tale of this sort.                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
        order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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              We have the power of altering and compounding those
              images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison.
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     3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing
        or part; to mingle with something else.
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              Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak.
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     4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
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              His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak.
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     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.
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              I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
                                                    --Shak.
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     To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for
        forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an
        indictable offense. See Theftbote.
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  Felony \Fel"o*ny\, n.; pl. Felonies. [OE. felonie cruelty, OF.
     felonie, F. f['e]lonie treachery, malice. See Felon, n.]
     1. (Feudal Law) An act on the part of the vassal which cost
        him his fee by forfeiture. --Burrill.
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     2. (O.Eng.Law) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture
        either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to
        which capital or other punishment may be added, according
        to the degree of guilt.
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     3. A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death
        or imprisonment.
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     Note: Forfeiture for crime having been generally abolished in
           the United States, the term felony, in American law,
           has lost this point of distinction; and its meaning,
           where not fixed by statute, is somewhat vague and
           undefined; generally, however, it is used to denote an
           offense of a high grade, punishable either capitally or
           by a term of imprisonment. In Massachusetts, by
           statute, any crime punishable by death or imprisonment
           in the state prison, and no other, is a felony; so in
           New York. the tendency now is to obliterate the
           distinction between felonies and misdemeanors; and this
           has been done partially in England, and completely in
           some of the States of the Union. The distinction is
           purely arbitrary, and its entire abolition is only a
           question of time.
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     Note: There is no lawyer who would undertake to tell what a
           felony is, otherwise than by enumerating the various
           kinds of offenses which are so called. originally, the
           word felony had a meaning: it denoted all offenses the
           penalty of which included forfeiture of goods; but
           subsequent acts of Parliament have declared various
           offenses to be felonies, without enjoining that
           penalty, and have taken away the penalty from others,
           which continue, nevertheless, to be called felonies,
           insomuch that the acts so called have now no property
           whatever in common, save that of being unlawful and
           purnishable. --J. S. Mill.
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     To compound a felony. See under Compound, v. t.
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  To compound a felony \To compound a felony\
     See under Compound, v. t.

  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.
  
              Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a
              tale of this sort.                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in
        order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
  
              We have the power of altering and compounding those
              images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison.
  
     3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing
        or part; to mingle with something else.
  
              Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak.
  
     4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
  
              His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak.
  
     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.
  
              I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for
        forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an
        indictable offense. See Theftbote.

  to compound a felony /tə kɒmpˈaʊnd ɐ fˈɛləni/
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