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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.
Definition 2024
compacture
compacture
English
Noun
compacture (uncountable)
- (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 [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix: