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  • adjective combined into or constituting a chemical compound.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of compound.

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  • adjective combined into or constituting a chemical compound

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Examples

  • The next king, Jehoshaphat the first Hebrew monarch to bear a name compounded with a variant of the divine name YHWH:Yeho+shaphat= “YHWH has judged”, was praised for walking in the way of his righteous father, Asa.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • The next king, Jehoshaphat the first Hebrew monarch to bear a name compounded with a variant of the divine name YHWH:Yeho+shaphat= “YHWH has judged”, was praised for walking in the way of his righteous father, Asa.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • The next king, Jehoshaphat the first Hebrew monarch to bear a name compounded with a variant of the divine name YHWH:Yeho+shaphat= “YHWH has judged”, was praised for walking in the way of his righteous father, Asa.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • The next king, Jehoshaphat the first Hebrew monarch to bear a name compounded with a variant of the divine name YHWH:Yeho+shaphat= “YHWH has judged”, was praised for walking in the way of his righteous father, Asa.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • McCoy looked at Spock with an expression compounded of unease and awe and delight.

    THE WOUNDED SKY DIANE DUANE 1983

  • McCoy looked at Spock with an expression compounded of unease and awe and delight.

    THE WOUNDED SKY DIANE DUANE 1983

  • McCoy looked at Spock with an expression compounded of unease and awe and delight.

    THE WOUNDED SKY DIANE DUANE 1983

  • McCoy looked at Spock with an expression compounded of unease and awe and delight.

    THE WOUNDED SKY DIANE DUANE 1983

  • Barn is compounded from the Old English words beren ` barley '+ ern ` house.'

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2 1984

  • Windows is compounded from the Icelandic words vindr ` wind '+ auga ` eye,' a window being the eye of a house.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2 1984

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