verb
gerund or present participle: compounding
/kəmˈpound,ˈkämˌpound/
1.
make up (a composite whole); constitute.
"a dialect compounded of Spanish and Dutch"
synonyms: be composed of, be made up of, be constituted of, be formed from
"a smell compounded of dust and mold"
2.
make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of.
"I compounded the problem by trying to make wrong things right"
synonyms: aggravate, worsen, make worse, add to, augment, exacerbate, intensify, heighten, increase, magnify;
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