compact
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1. compact - Noun
2. compact - Adjective
3. compact - Verb
5. compact - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
Composed or made; -- with of.
Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.
An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
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Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.
The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.
Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang on: it comes from a part of yourself that simply knows, expresses itself, and is.
The highest compact we can make with our fellow is 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore.'
It is apparently vital that we should be in the dark about ourselves not to be clear about our intentions, fears, and hopes. There is a stubborn effort in us to set up a compact screen between consciousness and the self.