The sense of the verb compound meaning ‘to make something bad worse’, as in this compounds their problems, has an interesting history. It arose through a misinterpretation of the legal phrase compound a felony, which, strictly speaking, means ‘not to prosecute a felony, in exchange for money or some other consideration’. This led to the use of compound in legal contexts to means ‘make something bad worse’, which then became accepted in general usage as well.
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