Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being compounded, in any sense of the verb.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective That may be compounded.

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  • adjective That can be compounded.

Etymologies

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compound +‎ -able

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Examples

  • As against the earlier ED Act which said all offences were non-compoundable, meaning only the court could punish, the new bill listed these as compoundable offences.

    The Times of India 2009

  • Parliament to offer an objection to anything that was done to it, or me, under a penalty of not less than forty shillings, or more than five pounds, compoundable for a term of imprisonment.

    The Uncommercial Traveller 1861

  • My ticket had been previously collected, like my taxes, and my shining new portmanteau had had a great plaster stuck upon it, and I had been defied by Act of Parliament to offer an objection to anything that was done to it, or me, under a penalty of not less than forty shillings or more than five pounds, compoundable for a term of imprisonment.

    The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841

  • The system according to claim 13, wherein the compound data stored in the memory of the radio tag indicates a material compoundable with content housed in the one of the containers on which the radio tag is affixed.

    FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/01/2010 2010

  • The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the informing section displays a total number of radio tags that is read out by the radio tag reading section when the result of the determination by the compound determination section is to be compoundable.

    FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/01/2010 2010

  • However, women's rights activist Ranjana Kumari wondered how a non-compoundable offense like rape could be converted into a compoundable one.

    Analysis 2010

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    Wii-volution 2010

  • The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the compound data stored in the compound data storing section indicates a material compoundable with content housed in the one of the containers on which the radio tag is affixed.

    FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/01/2010 2010

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    Wii-volution 2010

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