1. To put together, combine, or construct.
2. To compute (interest) on the principal and the accrued interest.
3. To settle (a matter, esp. a debt) by a money payment, in lieu of other liability; to adjust by agreement.
4. To agree for consideration not to prosecute (a crime). • Compounding a felony in this way is itself a felony.
5. Loosely, to aggravate; to make (a crime, etc.) more serious by further bad conduct.
