compact1 (kompakt)

t. [Formerly also, erroneously, compack; The air is partially exhausted, thus causing the atmospheric pre ure to operate in compacting the pulp into paper. Ure, Dict., III. 490. Many souls.. might be poetic gardens if they would compact all their energies into growing two roses and a lily-three poems in all, for a lifetime. S. Lanier , The English Novel, p. 102. 2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system; join the parts of tightly; bring into close junction, as the sheets of a book or other loose materials, by heating, pre ure, or the like. The whole body fitly joined together and compacted . Eph. iv. 16. so curiously compacted Coryat, Crudities, I. 208. A bridge of that length together with one only arch. The condensing or compacting is now generally accomplished by pa ing the sheets between the cylinders of a rolling machine. Encyc. Brit ., IV. 42. 3. To make firm or stable; establish firmly; confirm; solidify. Nor are the nerves of his compacted strength Stretch'd and di olved into unsinew'd length. Sir J. Denham . As to my character, it is not yet compacted enough for inspection. T. Winthrop , Cecil Dreeme, vi. compact (kompakt, formerly kom-pakt'), n. [=It. comp at to, What is the course and drift of your compact ? Shak . , C. of E., ii. 2. The law of nations depends on on mutual compacts , treaties, leagues, etc. Black stone . By a mutual compact , we talked little in the cars. O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 19. an agreement entered into by the Pilgrims in or condensed manner; closely; concisely; briefly; tersely; neatly. You have put all this together most compactly . Lamb , To Barton. compactne (kom-pakt'nes), n. The state or quality of being compact. (a) Firmne ; close union of parts. In the ancient city... the extreme compactne of the political structure made representation unnece ary. J. Fiske , Amer. Pol. Ideas, p. 71. (b) Tersene ; condensation; concisene , as of expre ion or style. The monotonous versification which Pope had introduced, no longer redeemed by his brilliant wit and his com pactne of expre ion, palled on the ear of the public. Macaulay , Moore's Byron. compacture (kom-pak'tūr), n. [ compac tura, compact us , pp. of comping ere , join together: see compact , a.] Close union or connection of parts; structure well connected or closely wrought; manner of joining. With comely compa e and compacture strong. Spenser, F. Q., II. ix. 24. compage (kom-pāj′), n. [ compages : see compages .] Same as compages . The ship of civilization, either ancient or modern, is a vast jointed compage of timbers and of boards, bolted and bound together. 18. Taylor. compages (kom-pā jēz), n . [L. compages , a joining together, a structure, comping ere ( com pag- ), join together: see compact1 , a.] 1. A system or structure of many united parts. [Rare.] Your gla drops, from which if the least portion be broken, the whole compages immediately di olves and shatters into dust and atoms. Bp. Parker , Platonick Philos., p. 46. And as for all that compages of external bodies which you contend for, I shall grant you its existence. Berkeley. 2. [NL.] In an at.: (a) An articulation. (b) A commi ure.