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Webster 1913 Edition


Compacture

Com-pac′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[L.
compactura
.]
Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction.
[Obs.]
“With comely compass and compacture strong.”
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Compacture

COMPACTURE

,
Noun.
Close union or connection of parts; structure well connected; manner of joining.

Definition 2024


compacture

compacture

English

Noun

compacture (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
      ouer it a faire Portcullis hong, / Which to the gate directly did incline, / With comely compasse, and compacture strong [...].

Latin

Participle

compactūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of compactūrus