compound with

compound (something) with (something else)

To add something to something else; to combine things. That protein powder tastes so bad that I have to compound it with something else. Please don't compound my stress with anything else right now—I'm practically hyperventilating as it is. We're supposed to compound the medicine with the cat's usual food.
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compound something with something

to unite some substance with another; to mix something with something else. Can this unpleasant medicine be compounded with something to make it palatable?
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