comp agin a tet (kompajinat)

t. [ Jer. Taylor, Repentance, v. § 3. Family Compact. See family . - Mayflower compact, compaignablet, a. See companiable . Chaucer. of the Mayflower, November 11th, 1620, whereby they compaigniet, n. An obsolete form of company . covenanted and combined themselves "together into a Chaucer . civil body politick, and to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordenances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the general good of the Colonie." - Social compact. Same as social contract . See contract. compact2 (kom-pakt'), a. [L. compact us, pp. of compacisci, agree with: see compact2, n.] United in a compact; leagued; confederated. IMG:content-0900.png:[blocks in formation] parts; compactne . compacter (kom-pak'ter), n. One who com- pacts or unites. compact palpi.-3. Connected or expre ed compactible (kom-pak'ti-bl), a . [ compact1 + with closene or brevity, as ideas; hence, of literary style, pithy; terse; not diffuse; not verbose: as, a compact discourse. Where a foreign tongue is elegant, expre ive, close, and compact, we must [in translating it] study the utmost force of our language. Felton, On Reading the Cla ics. 4. Compacted; joined; held together. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together. ible.] Capable of being joined or compacted. compact i let (kom-pak'til), a. [L. compact i lis, These [garlands) were made up after all ways of art, com pactile , sutile, plectile. Sir T. Browne , Misc. Tracts, ii. compaction1t (kom-pak's hon), n. [L. compac IMG:content-0901.png:[blocks in formation]