compact
/ˈkɑmˌpækt/ noun C2- A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
- An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
Plural compacts
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“Because in 1807 I dreamed of the very plan Napoleon tried to realize in 1811; because, like Machiavelli, I desired to alter the political face of Italy, and instead of allowing it to be split up into a quantity of petty principalities, each held by some weak or tyrannical ruler, I sought to form one large, compact, and powerful empire; and, lastly, because I fancied I had found my Cæsar Borgia in a crowned simpleton, who feigned to enter into my views only to betray me.
Dantès closely and eagerly examined it; he found it firm, solid, and compact enough to bear any weight.
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