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.
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2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
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It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts.
--Hazlitt.
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