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- noun Plural form of
compounding .
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Third, that in and among the secondary images27 so evoked, incidental processes of thought, tertiary compoundings of these images, were immediately set up; the selection and re-arrangement of these secondary and tertiary features, constituting the revelation of a significant state of mind which had preceded the dream.
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A few royal epicures, however, there were: epicures intent upon concoctions, admixtures, and masterly compoundings; who comported themselves with all due deliberation and dignity; hurrying themselves into no reckless deglutition of the dainties.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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The life of a packet steward is one of incessant mixing and washing, of interrogations and compoundings, all in a space of about twelve feet square.
Homeward Bound or, the Chase James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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