pact

[ pakt ]

/ pækt /

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noun

an agreement, covenant, or compact: We made a pact not to argue any more.

an agreement or treaty between two or more nations: a pact between Germany and Italy.

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Origin of pact

1400–50; late Middle English pact(e) < Middle French < Latin pactum, noun use of neuter of past participle of pacīscī to make a bargain, contract

Can be confusedpacked pact

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On the left, they are hemmed in by the pact of solidarity among self-identified oppressed groups.
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He fears a rural domestic backlash and continued foreign meddling as a result of the pact.
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She explained that she had “made a pact with God” that if he cured her child of autism, she would share that path with the world.
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This pact but stimulated the emulation of the three young people.
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And I will put my bow in the sky, and it shall be a sign of our pact.
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Romanians may wear on their uniforms medals awarded by other Warsaw Pact countries but not those of any other foreign country.
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The sentence seemed to have a cabalistic significance—a pact—a threat which each man held over the other.
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In real sorcery there is no such thing as a pact with a devil, and becoming his slave after a time.
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British Dictionary definitions for pact

pact

/ (pækt) /

noun

an agreement or compact between two or more parties, nations, etc, for mutual advantage

Word Origin for pact

C15: from Old French pacte, from Latin pactum, from pacīscī to agree

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Word Origin and History for pact

pact

early 15c., from Old French pacte "agreement, treaty, compact" (14c.), from Latin pactum "agreement, contract, covenant," noun use of neuter past participle of pacisci "to covenant, to agree, make a treaty," from PIE root *pag- "fix, join together, unite, make firm" (cf. Sanskrit pasa- "cord, rope," Avestan pas- "to fetter," Greek pegnynai "to fix, make firm, fast or solid," Latin pangere "to fix, to fasten," Slavonic paž "wooden partition," Old English fegan "to join," fon "to catch seize").

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