† compackv.
Obsolete. rare.
1. = compact v.1; to pack together, combine.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)]
compoundc1384
combind1477
consolidate1511
combinea1535
conjoin1554
consociate1566
associate1578
mingle1587
symbolize1590
compack1605
cojoina1616
to run into ——1640
to put together1651
amalgamate1802
integrate1802
conferruminate1826
amalgam1827
synthetize1828
synthesize1830
portmanteau1902
team1939
synchronize1973
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 221 Th' Art of Man, not onely can compack Features and formes that life and motion lack.
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith i. 22 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Children..mo, then Northren windes..Of Cyrene sands in number can compack.
2. = compact v.2; to enter into a compact, league.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)]
accord?a1160
to make (a) finec1325
covenantc1330
compound1419
packc1450
patisec1475
conclude1477
compone1478
bargain1483
article1526
make1530
compact1535
to dispense with1569
temporize1579
to make termsa1599
to strike (a person) luck1599
to be compromised1600
compacka1618
stipulatea1648
to come to terms1657
sort1685
paction1725
to cry off1775
pact1904
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) iv. iv. ii. 496 Winter-Storms with absent Stars compack [earlier eds. compact], With th' angrie Waters to conspire her wrack.
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