- - -

Please use the form below to search our dictionaries by entering a word you wish to define. (If you search this site to define words regularly, support this FREE site - Donate! )

Define Word:
Use dictionary:

Or browse by Letter:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Define the word Compacting

"Compacting" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Compact \Com*pact"\, v. t. [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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
                                                  --Blackstone.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
      [1913 Webster]

            The whole body fitly joined together and compacted
            by that which every joint supplieth.  --Eph. iv. 16.
      [1913 Webster]