dictionary definitions for "intact"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intact \In*tact"\, a. [L. intactus; pref. in- not + tactus, p.
     p. of tangere to touch: cf. F. intact. See In- not, and
     Tact, Tangent.]
     Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the
     like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.
     --Buckle.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           When all external differences have passed away, one
           element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting
           basis of our common nature, the human soul. --F. W.
                                                    Robertson.
     Intactible

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  intact
      adj 1: constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing
             essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth
             bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection
             entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union
             intact" [syn: integral, entire, intact]
      2: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact,
         virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate]
      3: (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire
         horse" [syn: entire, intact]
      4: undamaged in any way; "the vase remained intact despit rough
         handling"


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