[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compact \compact"\, 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.
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   2. to unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
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            the whole body fitly joined together and compacted
            by that which every joint supplieth.  --eph. iv. 16.
      1913 webster
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