compound vb. (the following uses are obs.)
1.
to
construct, form, make up, constitute
H5 V. ii. 220
“Shall not thou and I .
. . compound a boy?,”
Tim. IV. ii. 35, IV. iii. 274.
2.
to settle (a
difference)
Shr. I. ii. 27
“ this
quarrel,”
R3 II. i. 75; also intr.
to agree, make terms, settle Meas. IV. ii. 25,
John II. i. 281
“Till thou whose right is
worthiest,”
Lr. I. ii. 144; fig.
H5 IV. vi. 33.