INTACT


Meaning of INTACT in English

ə̇n.ˈtakt adjective

Etymology: Middle English intacte, from Latin intactus, from in- in- (I) + tactus, past participle of tangere to touch — more at tangent

1. : untouched especially by anything that harms or diminishes : left complete or entire : uninjured

obtain your uncle's estate intact — Kenneth Roberts

houses largely intact after some 3500 years — Jacquetta & Christopher Hawkes

the memory of that night remained intact — Elinor Wylie

2. of a living body or its parts : physically and functionally complete : having no relevant component removed or destroyed:

a. : physically virginal

b. : sexually competent : uncastrated — used chiefly of a domestic animal

• in·tact·ness -k(t)nə̇s noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.