Compact /(kŏm*păkt")/

1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.]

   A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together.

2. Composed or made; -- with of. [Poetic]

   A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor.

3. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

   Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies.

4. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.

imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compacting

1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.

   Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.

2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

   The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.

1. An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

   The law of nations depends on mutual compacts, treaties, leagues, etc.

   Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.

   The federal constitution has been styled a compact between the States by which it was ratified.