COMPACT

vt to unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

2. compact ·p.p. & ·adj composed or made;

— with of.

3. compact ·noun an agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

4. compact ·p.p. & ·adj joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

5. compact ·p.p. & ·adj brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.

6. compact ·p.p. & ·adj closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

7. compact ·vt to thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close;

— as the parts which compose a body.