1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind.
Jer. Taylor.
2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a
route.
Commuter
(Com*mut"er) n. One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.
Commutual
(Com*mu"tu*al) a. [Pref. com- + mutual.] Mutual; reciprocal; united. [R.]
There, with commutual zeal, we both had strove.
Pope.
Comose
(Co"mose) (ko"mos or ko*mos"), a. [L. comosus hairy, from coma hair.] (Bot.) Bearing a
tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed. Gray.
Compact
(Com*pact") p. p. & a [L. compactus, p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere
to fasten, fix: cf. F. compacte. See Pact.]
1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.] "Compact with her that's gone." Shak.
A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together.
Peacham.
2. Composed or made; — with of. [Poetic]
A wandering fire,
Compact of unctuous vapor.
Milton.
3. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies.
Sir I. Newton.
4. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
Syn. — Firm; close; solid; dense; pithy; sententious.
Compact
(Com*pact"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compacting.]
1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; — as the parts
which compose a body.
Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
Blackstone.
2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.
Eph. iv. 16.
Compact
(Com"pact) n. [L. compactum, fr. compacisci, p. p. compactus, to make an agreement
with; com- + pacisci to make an agreement. See Pact.] An agreement between parties; a covenant or
contract.
The law of nations depends on mutual compacts, treaties, leagues, etc.
Blackstone.
Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.
Macaulay.
The federal constitution has been styled a compact between the States by which it was ratified.
Wharton.
Syn. — See Covenant.
