Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decompound"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts.
--Hazlitt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decompound \De`com*pound"\, a. [Pref. de- (intens.) + compound,
a.]
1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a
second time.
2. (Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or
stem; decomposite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decompound \De`com*pound"\, n.
A decomposite.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decompound
adj : of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are
themselves compound
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