compact

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   closely and neatly packed together; an agreement or covenant

   The two nations signed a compact of mutual defense.

From Latin compactus, past participle of compingere ('to fasten together'), from com- ('together') + pangere ('to fix, fasten'). The 'agreement' sense is from a separate Latin source, compactum ('agreement'), from compacisci ('to make an agreement').

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