'Compacting' definitions:

Definition of 'Compacting'

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  • 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]

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