Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compact"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compact \Com*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compacted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Compacting}.]
1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts
which compose a body.
Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
--Blackstone.
2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
The whole body fitly joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compact \Com"pact\, n. [L. compactum, fr. compacisci, p. p.
compactus, to make an agreement with; com- + pacisci to make
an agreement. See {Pact}.]
An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
The law of nations depends on mutual compacts,
treaties, leagues, etc. --Blackstone.
Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.
--Macaulay.
The federal constitution has been styled a compact
between the States by which it was ratified. --Wharton.
Syn: See {Covenant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compact \Com*pact"\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]kt"), p. p. & a [L. compactus,
p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere to
fasten, fix: cf. F. compacte. See {Pact}.]
1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.]
``Compact with her that's gone.'' --Shak.
A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together.
--Peacham.
2. Composed or made; -- with of. [Poetic]
A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor.
--Milton.
3. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid
bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies.
--Sir I.
Newton.
4. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a
compact discourse.
Syn: Firm; close; solid; dense; pithy; sententious.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
compact
adj 1: closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact
soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" [ant: {loose}]
2: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a
dense population"; "thick crowds" [syn: {dense}, {thick}]
3: heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact
build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a
thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" [syn: {heavyset},
{stocky}, {thick}, {thickset}]
4: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and
compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy";
"succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a
wide-ranging subject" [syn: {compendious}, {succinct}, {summary}]
n 1: a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a
woman's purse [syn: {powder compact}]
2: a signed written agreement between two or more parties
(nations) to perform some action [syn: {covenant}, {concordat}]
3: a small and economical car [syn: {compact car}]
v 1: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: {pack},
{bundle}, {wad}]
2: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
data" [syn: {compress}, {pack together}]
3: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips" [syn: {compress},
{constrict}, {squeeze}, {contract}, {press}]
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