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    compacted
    [kəmˈpaktəd]
    adjective
    compacted (adjective)
    1. firmly packed or pressed together; compressed:
      "compacted earth"
    com·pact
    [compact]
    verb
    compacted (past tense) · compacted (past participle)
    1. exert force on (something) to make it more dense; compress:
      "the soil may be compacted by iron oxide"
      • (of a substance) become compressed:
        "the snow hardened and compacted"
      • archaic
        form (something) by pressing its component parts firmly together:
        "the foundation of the walls, compacted of Granite and Lime"
      • express in fewer words; condense:
        "the ideas are compacted into two sentences"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Latin compact- ‘closely put together, joined’, from the verb compingere, from com- ‘together’ + pangere ‘fasten’.
    com·pact
    [compact]
    verb
    compacted (past tense) · compacted (past participle)
    1. make or enter into (a formal agreement) with another party or parties:
      "the party compacted an alliance with dissident groups"
    Origin
    late 16th century: from Latin compactum, past participle of compacisci, from com- ‘with’ + pacisci ‘make a covenant’. Compare with pact.
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    verb
    1. exert force on (something) to make it more dense; compress:
      compress
      condense
      pack down
      tamp
      cram down
      flatten
      press down
      tamp down
      ram down
      Opposite:
      loosen
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