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The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. [Obs.] Bacon.

In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.

The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.

connection of parts; manner of joining; construction. [Obs.] "With comely compass and compacture strong." Spenser.

The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge; -- called also Crookes layer.

To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [R.]

To roam. [Obs.] In this fair plot dispacing to and fro. Spenser.

Producing, or pertaining to, drupes; having the form of drupes; as, drupaceous trees or fruits.

A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.

number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year. Annual epact, the excess of the solar year over the lunar year, -- being eleven days. -- Menstrual epact, or Monthly epact, the excess of a calendar month over a lunar.

Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

Space. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A walking pace or step.

Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. [R.] Shak.

ere the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

See Haut pas.

An imagined space having more than three dimensions.

Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Im*pa"ca*bly, adv.

The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. [R.] Kane.

ression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. Southey.