Com`po*ta"tion (?), n. [L. compotatio; com- + potare to drink.] The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.]
The fashion of compotation.
Sir W. Scott.
Com"po*ta`tor (?), n. [L.] One who drinks with another. [R.] Pope.
||Com"pote (?), n. [F. See Compost.] A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears. LittrÚ.
||Com"pound (k&obreve;m"pound), n. [Malay kompung a village.] In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Com*pound" (k&obreve;m*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.] [OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. ComponÚ.] 1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort.
Sir W. Scott.
2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture.
Addison.
3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Only compound me with forgotten dust.
Shak.