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Definition of Compacter
1. n. One who makes a compact.
Definition of Compacter
1. Adjective. (comparative of compact) ¹
2. Noun. Something that compacts things (e.g. trash) ¹
3. Noun. One who makes a compact or agreement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compacter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compacter
Literary usage of Compacter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1880)
"So general has been the experience that now it goes without saying, that a union
church either is quickly swallowed up by the compacter denomination ..."
2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1880)
"This I hold is not in the least inconsistent with a vigorous and aggressive
development, as the history and present condition of the compacter denominations ..."
3. Gauge Evidence: The History and Prospects of the Railway System, Illustrated by Samuel Sidney (1846)
"I think the closer and compacter the conveyance itself is, the less motion you
find in the ... There is more motion than in a compacter carriage; therefore, ..."
4. The Gospel Standard, Or, Feeble Christian's Support (1844)
"... it is he who fills all things, he who knits and upholds all things, is the
essence, being, knitter, compacter, the spirit and life of all things, ..."