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Webster 1913 Edition


pact

pact

(păkt)
,
Noun.
[L.
pactum
, fr.
paciscere
to make a bargain or contract, fr.
pacere
to settle, or agree upon; cf.
pangere
to fasten, Gr.
πηγνύναι
, Skr.
pāça
bond, and E.
fang
: cf. F.
pacte
. Cf.
Peace
,
Fadge
,
Verb.
]
An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant.
Bacon.
The engagement and
pact
of society which goes by the name of the constitution.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pact

PACT

,
Noun.
[L. pactus, from pango. See Pack.]
A contract; an agreement or covenant.

Definition 2024


pact

pact

English

Noun

pact (plural pacts)

  1. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
  2. (international law) An agreement between two or more nations

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Noun

pact n (plural pacten, diminutive pactje n)

  1. pact

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