Com"pact (k&obreve;m"păkt), 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.
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.
Com*pact" (k&obreve;m*păkt"), 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.
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