compactn.1
/ˈkɒmpakt/, U.S. /ˈkɑmˌpæk(t)/ a. A covenant or contract made between two or more persons or parties; a mutual agreement or understanding; ‘a mutual and settled appointment between two or more, to do or to forbear something’ (Johnson). It is used without a in phrases, as by, from, with compact; also to strike compact.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement
forewardOE
accordc1275
covenant1297
end1297
form1297
frettec1330
conjurationc1374
treatc1380
bargainc1386
contractc1386
comenaunt1389
compositionc1405
treaty1427
pact1429
paction1440
reconventionc1449
treatisea1464
hostage1470
packa1475
trystc1480
bond (also band) of manrent1482
covenance1484
concordance1490
patisement1529
capitulation1535
conventmenta1547
convenience1551
compact1555
negotiation1563
sacrament1563
match1569
consortship1592
after-agreementa1600
combourgeoisie1602
convention1603
comburghership1606
transaction1611
end-makingc1613
obligement1627
bare contract1641
stipulation1649
accompackmentc1650
rue-bargaina1657
concordat1683
minute1720
tacka1758
understanding1803
meet1804
it's a go1821
deal1863
whizz1869
stand-in1870
gentlemen's agreement1880
meeting of minds1883
1555 Charter in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 307 Any compacts, treaties or leagues, by vs or any of our progenitours, heretofore had or made.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 146 Christs owne compact solemnely made with his Church.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 85 By a seale compact well ratified, by law And heraldrie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 163 Therefore take this compact of a Truce. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. ii. §14. 27 No man..by his compact, obligeth himself to an impossibility.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 45 A compact is a promise proceeding from us, law is a command directed to us.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xxii. 212 To fulfil their part of the compact.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. viii. 201 He escaped..by making a compact with the foul fiend.
b. general compact: general accord, common consent. See also Family Compact n. 1, social compact n. at social adj. and n. Compounds 2.
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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > generally accepted or expressed opinion
voicea1393
vox populic1547
common ground1570
suffrage1576
orthodox1619
cry1628
general compact1750
consensus1861
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 77. ⁋15 Having extinguished in themselves the distinction of right and wrong..they deserved to be hunted down by the general compact.
1799 R. Southey Nondescripts i, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 59 If we act the governor, and break The social compact.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ii. 70 Human souls, for social compact given.
1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. 81 Unless there has been an actual violation of the existing social compact..a revolution is unjustifiable.
1848 G. Barmby in The Apostle No. i. 8 The 4th claim for private property is the presumed formation of a social compact or convention of society, authorizing private possessional claim.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy
conspiracyc1386
conspiration1388
confederationc1530
faction1549
conspiring1561
combination1593
complotment1594
confederacy1594
complotting1607
colluding1611
compacta1616
trinketing1646
caballinga1680
cabal1738
colloguing1880
collogue1887
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 164 What is the course and drift of your compact ? View more context for this quotation
1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xi. 87 Albinus Friends he chargeth with Compact.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > smallness or scantiness of extent > compactness
brief1575
compactness1646
snugness1799
compact1817
1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xvii. sig. K6v This compact of the Elements must suffer a dissolution.
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 4 Having..past the principles of Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, and Geography with a generall compact of Physicks, they may descend in Mathematicks.
1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III 148 He was of a mean or low compact, but without disproportion and unevenness.
1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 161 Their remarkably sedentary habits admitted of this close compact of society.
e. A small case for compressed face-powder, rouge, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > sets and containers for
dressing box1607
toileta1684
dressing case1778
service1851
toiletry1892
powder bowl1894
vanity bag1907
vanity-box1911
powder compact1920
compact1921
vanity set1930
flapjack1934
minaudière1940
1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Oct. 7/3 (advt.) Luxor Compacts in three shades.
1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death vi. 69 A latch-key and a powder compacte.
1929 Punch Almanack 1930 4 Nov. facing p. xxvii (advt.) Give her lavender this Christmas. Compact—2/-, With rouge—3/6.
1930 Woman's Life 12 July 9/2 If you cannot buy a compact to fit your powder case, try this recipe.
1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 169 The introduction of several new articles into the jewellery trade, such as compacts, lipstick cases, etc.
f. (See compact adj.1 3c.)
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compactadj.1
/kəmˈpakt/, /ˈkɒmpakt/, U.S. /ˈkɑmˌpæk(t)/, /kəmˈpæk(t)/, /kɑmˈpæk(t)/ I. Used as past participle. Obsolete or archaic.
1.
a. Compacted, knit, firmly put together.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > concentrated into small compass
compact1430
compendiate1593
compacted1598
concentrated1652
unexpanded1664
sublimated1884
the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > formed or constructed > well
well-buildedc1330
compact1430
well-composed1485
well built?c1525
well-compacted1548
well-constituted1584
well-constructed1646
thorough-made1649
well-constructed1785
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > firmly joined together
well-joineda1398
well-knit1445
compact1685
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v So well..compact by measure.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxi In whome all the body is compact & knyt by euery ioynt.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 490/2 This nagge is well compacte: ce courtoult est bien troussé.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 29v So excellently compact, and wrought together with Ligamentes.
1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 108 A farre greater Empire..and better compact.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 2 Cor. xiii. 11 Be compact together in holy Union.
b. Packed closely together.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [adjective] > densely packed
thickc893
thick-set?a1366
rankc1450
compact1563
thronged1581
thickened?1611
close1654
dense1776
tight1942
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 10 When..vapors ar gathered on a heape, being very near compact, & as it wer hard tempered together.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 40 If the Audience be well compact, every one carries home a Share.
2. Made up by combination of parts; framed, composed of.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > formed or constructed
wroughtOE
wroughtOE
confecta1398
combinedc14..
complosec1420
made1428
counterfeit1463
edificatec1470
construct?a1475
featuredc1500
compact1531
fashioned1535
conflate1541
confectedc1550
framed1565
timbered1570
constitute1589
compacted1598
fact1600
coagulate1610
quilted1617
coagulated1633
conflated1652
composititious1657
made-up1677
compactilea1682
constructed1785
put-together1848
compaginate1877
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxii. sig. Liv Honour to god..is compacte of these thre thinges, feare, loue, & reuerence.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxxv Man..is compact and made of .xv. substance.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Cj Man himself is compact of body and minde.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cxciv. 153 Mylke..is compact or made of three seuerall substances.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 5 If he compact of iarres, grow Musicall. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 635 A wandring Fire Compact of unctuous vapor. View more context for this quotation
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit ii, in Tale of Tub 320 The Style compact of insignificant Words, Incoherences and Repetition.
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 221 Napoleon..that great word, Compact of human breath in hate and dread And exultation.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 9 Towns were compact, in about equal proportions, of..wooden houses and great..trees.
II. Used as adjective.
3. Closely packed or knit together.
a. Having the component particles closely and firmly combined; dense, solid, firm; esp. of the texture or composition of material substances. compact tissue: the dense ivory-like outer layer of a bone ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). compact fracture (of minerals): see quot. 1816. compact structure (of rocks): see quot. 1885.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid > by compaction or compression
compressedc1374
compacta1398
hard-pressed1562
compacted1598
condensed1606
compress1647
constipated1647
confert1661
clotted1674
noddena1864
tabloid1890
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xliv. 848 Iren is drye and colde and ful harde and compacte.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. ii. 29 The matier more compacte.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 10 Amongst al Mettals there is none more solide more compact then this is.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §299 Exercise..maketh the Substance of the Body more Solid and Compact.
1708 Brit. Apollo 13–18 Feb. Tho' Hail be a more compact congealation than Snow.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 93 A body so firm and compact as the Scots, easily resisted the impression of the cavalry.
1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 229 The internal surfaces..produced by splitting it are..continuous, when the fracture is said to be compact.
1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 11 The compact tissue [of bones].
1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. I. 25 A very dense blackish-brown compact peat.
1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) ii. ii. §4. 96 Cryptoclastic or compact, where the grains are too minute to reveal to the naked eye the truly fragmental character of the rock.
b. Having the parts so arranged that the whole lies within relatively small compass, without straggling portions or members; nearly and tightly packed or arranged; not sprawling, scattered, or diffuse. So compact order or arrangement.In Entomology applied to organs or bodies in which the parts are closely connected together, without incisions.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent > compact
succinct1635
compact1642
snugc1718
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 15 How hazardous..it were in skirmish to change the compact order.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 284 Paris is compact; she has an enormous strength..and this strength is collected and condensed within a narrow compass. View more context for this quotation
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 50 Conducted from them [enemies] in the compactest order.
1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 164 Trevithick's Engine is the most compact.
1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 109 Beautifully neat and compact plants.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxvii. 651 The estate of the manor was generally compact..The lands of the small proprietors were, however, generally very scattered.
1891 N.E.D. at Compact Mod. Strap these overcoats and rugs into one compact parcel. Compact lobelias for bedding, and the straggling sort for window-boxes.
c. spec. Designating a light car having a short wheelbase. Hence as n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > small or light
voiturette1897
light car1901
baby1920
minicar1948
poodler1951
micromotor1953
compact1960
subcompact1960
roller skate1961
super-compact1962
micro-car1980
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [adjective] > small
compact1960
subcompact1960
micro-car1980
1960 Economist 13 Feb. 620/2 The compact cars, which are smarter, cheaper and more economical to run than the standard-sized ones.
1960 News Chron. 10 Oct. 6/3 Americans are discovering that cars can be too big, so their idea of a ‘compact’ has a transatlantic twist.
1966 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder makes Wheels go Round i. 5 The Plantagenet was fast becoming America's leading prestige car. No compact was selling better than the Drake.
d. compact disc (also disk), a disc on which sound or data is recorded digitally as a spiral pattern of pits and bumps underneath a smooth transparent protective layer and reproduced by detecting the reflections of a laser beam focused on the spiral.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > disc
record1878
audio disc1944
CD1979
compact disc (also disk)1979
laser disc1980
CD-ROM1983
CD-i2009
1979 Materials Engin. Sept. 34/1 As the laser moves toward the outer edge, the Compact Disc slows down from 500 to 215 rpm.
1981 New Scientist 5 Nov. 374 Philips invented the Compact Disc system, which produces an hour of digital sound from a grooveless 12-cm disc when a laser ‘reads’ it. But the company pooled its patents on laser disc technology with Sony in October 1979. In June 1980, Sony and Philips announced full cooperation on the Compact Disc for digital audio.
1983 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. d1 Many see the compact disk as a potentially enormous growth area for the languishing consumer audio-electronics industry.
1984 Sounds 29 Dec. 3/1 Compact discs are selling four times as many as they were a year ago.
1985 Which Computer? Apr. 127/3 Sony and Philips, for example, are exploring the compact disc as a medium for storing programs.
1986 Bookseller 12 Dec. 2326/2 The new trial..consists of a compact disc carrying about 300 biomedical journals.
4. transferred and figurative.
a.
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a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. viii. 374 The Humane Nature..hath a more fixed, strong, and compact memory of things past than the Brutes have.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 397 The first formation of a compact evangelical party.
1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 369 A man..compact, instant, selfish, prudent.
1861 J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ 2nd Ser. 229 I got my fixed, compact idea of him.
1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. (1879) viii. 235 The compacter organization, and more determined party effort.
1878 J. Morley Carlyle Crit. Misc. Ser. 1. 192 Detached passages cannot counterbalance the effect of a whole, compact body of teaching.
1891 N.E.D. at Compact Mod. A compact majority.
b. Of language or style: Condensed, terse, pithy, close; not diffuse. Also said of the writer.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > concise and forcible
pithy1529
pithful1548
sappy1563
fasta1568
compact1576
close1670
terse1777
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 255 A methode in writing and speaking compact in brevitie.
1713 H. Felton Diss. Reading Classics (1715) 139 Where a foreign tongue is elegant, expressive, close and compact.
1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 647 Pope..In verse well-disciplined, complete, compact.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 130 The best of Voltaire's tragedies, abounding in a just vehemence, compact, full of feeling.
c. Of sounds: (see quots.); spec. in Phonetics, open, saturated (opposed to diffuse).
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > qualities of speech sounds
weaka1637
apert1668
narrow-mouthed1668
servile1700
rotund1742
tonous1773
homorganic1864
trainante1865
oral1869
neutral1874
compact1930
lento1939
1930 E. R. Moul in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. XLII. 559 There is a pre-spatial attribute of thickness in vision and audition... In both, certain types of experience are characterized as..‘hard’, ‘opaque’, ‘compact’.
1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Anal. 27 Compact phonemes are characterized by the predominance of one centrally located formant region (or formant). They are opposed to diffuse phonemes in which one or more non-central formants or formant regions predominate.
1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Anal. 27 Open vowels are the most compact, while close vowels are the most diffuse.
1956 L. G. Jones in M. Halle et al. For Roman Jakobson 251 Lax fricatives must be diffuse, tense fricatives compact.
1962 R. Jakobson Sel. Writings 638 Compact consonants are articulated in the velopalatal area of the mouth cavity, and diffuse consonants—dentals and labials—in front of this area.
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Compact City n. (also with lower-case initial) Town Planning (originally U.S.) an urban area with clearly defined boundaries, in which the residential and commercial districts are relatively close together, forestalling the development of rural land and reducing the need to commute by car.
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1933 W. S. Thompson & P. K. Whelpton Population Trends in U.S. i. 40 Closely knit businesses of enormous size can now be made up of relatively small units,..so grouped that people need not live in the huge compact cities of today.
1973 G. B. Dantzig & T. L. Saaty Compact City i. 11 The new, Compact City..would be economically inexpensive to build and maintain, yet spacious... In the Compact City..there would, of course, be no suburban sprawl, freeways, traffic, smog, or other forms of urban blight.
1995 Independent 20 Feb. 18 (headline) Looking forward to Compact City.
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† compactadj.2
Joined in compact, leagued.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > agreed (of people)
federeda1382
compact1595
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. liii. sig. D2 The chiefe of those you find Were of his faction secretly compact.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 240 Thou pernicious woman Compact with her that's gone. View more context for this quotation
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compactv.1
/kəmˈpakt/ 1.
a. transitive. To join or knit (things) firmly and tightly together, or to each other; to combine closely into a whole; to consolidate by close conjunction.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > join closely, intimately, or permanently
tiec1000
limea1225
knit1340
sold1388
marryc1450
compact1530
spear?1548
solder1589
cementc1604
ferruminate1623
bewed1674
weld1802
wed1818
Siamese1830
intermarry1863
to pull together1925
mate1959
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 490/2 I compacte a thing shorte togyther to make it stronge, je trousse.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 478 [They] can not be the body of Christe, except both be ioyned and coupled and compacted together in one breade.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Coloss. ii. 19 The whole body by joyntes and bandes being served and compacted.
1666 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 75 The Architraves were compacted to their Supporters by Tenons and Mortises.
1674 T. Flatman Orpheus & Eurydice in Poems 19 My Layes compacted Thebes.
1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 240 The Ligaments, that should compact and keep them [Limbs] in their Functions.
1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica Pref. 18 After he has arranged, compacted and polished.
1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 27 Those forces which..guide, compact, dissolve, the members of the material universe.
b. To press or pack together (component atoms or parts); to compress, condense, solidify.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)] > by compaction or compression
compressc1400
knit1423
crowd1609
compact1633
unpulverize1733
pack1824
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > concentrate or condense
condense1477
concentre1598
sum1609
compact1633
epitomizea1634
concentrate1665
1633 G. Herbert Vertue in Temple iii Sweet spring, full of sweet dayes and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation ii. 66 Now the bright Sun compacts the precious Stone.
1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 293 To fill in mould firmly..and to compact it with the Rammer.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 490 Causing the atmospheric pressure to operate in compacting the pulp into paper.
c. transferred and figurative of non-material things and persons.
ΚΠ
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xii. 147 For ordering and compacting them in one volume.
1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. i. 4 Forty years of peace had compacted those two nations into one body.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature 6 Adjusting and compacting loose sentiments.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 1 The military system completes and compacts what the national education has commenced.
2.
a. To form or frame by close and tight combination or conjunction; to make up or compose.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > devise, contrive, or make up, compose, or concoct
craftOE
befind1297
visec1325
contrive1377
temper1390
preparate?a1425
brew1530
to make up1530
forge1549
compact1576
mint1593
feign1690
to get up1828
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 183 He compacted of wood wyer, paste, and paper, a Roode of..exquisite arte.
c1580 Hours Blessed Virgin 99 Wth sinewes and wth bones Thou hast compact me.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lix. 260 So modest, wittie, affable, had Nature her compact.
c1630 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1714) I. 74 The Foundation of the Walls..compacted of Moor-stone and Lime.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila viii. vii. 110 Who out of Nothing all Things did compact.
1879 E. W. Gosse in Academy 25 The light and shade that make biography amusing are compacted of partisanship and of malice.
b. figurative; also with up.
ΚΠ
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. ii. ix. f. cxlv He..hath in lesse then thre lynes, compacted vp together such thre abomynable blasphemouse heresyes.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 11 Their whole religion is compacted, and contriued for gaine.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate
fasteneOE
i-sothea925
sustainc1325
witness1362
approvec1380
confirmc1384
affirma1393
justifya1393
to bear outa1475
corrobore1485
uphold1485
nourisha1522
underpinc1522
to countenance outa1529
favoura1530
soothe1544
strengthen1548
comfort1593
second1596
accredit1598
evidencea1601
warrantise1600
compact1608
back1612
thickena1616
accreditate1654
shoulder1674
support1691
corroborate1706
carry1835
to give (also lend) colour1921
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 321 Informe her full of my particular feares, and thereto add such reasons of your owne, as may compact it more. View more context for this quotation
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† compactv.2
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To make a compact.
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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
1535 J. ap Rice in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1881) 33 They had confedered and compacted before our commyng that they shulde disclose nothing.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 225 Saturne..hauing so compacted with his brother Titan.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 53 Compacting with the Devill.
1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. i. §5 Slaves could never have a Right to compact or consent.
2. transitive. To plan by compact, conspire.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)] > plan by conspiring
conjure1477
confederate1555
complot1597
contract1618
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1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 47 If all the Engineers of mischief would have compacted the..Burning of London.
3. An intermediate sense between compact v.1, main sense = ‘To join or associate by compact’ appears in the following:
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > with a person
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settle1527
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compact1592
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1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching sig. C3v Some notorious varlets..beeing compacted with such kind of people, as this present treatise manifesteth.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 101 b These harlots..compact themselues confederates with the most dissolute persons.
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v.11530v.21535- to dear cousin
- to dear sir
- to dear woman
- to death
- to deathward
- to decease this world
- to decern in
- to decide one's fate
- to deck in
- to deck out
- to deck over
- to declaim against
- to etc something up her ass
- to etc something up his arse
- to etc something up his ass
- to etc something up one's jacksie
- to etc something up your arse
- to etc something up your ass
- to etc something where the sun don't shine
- to etc stick
- to etc sustenance
- to etc the acid on
- to etc the amiable
- to etc the ball out of the park
- to etc the bases