tact
/tækt/ verb C2- To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant).
He/she/it tacts · Past tacted · Past participle tacted · -ing form tacting
Verb forms
- Base form
- tact
- He/she/it
- tacts
- Past
- tacted
- Past participle
- tacted
- -ing form
- tacting
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When my uncle became foreign minister in this administration he gave me several missions of trust, and as I always brought them to a successful conclusion, he came at last to have the utmost confidence in my ability and tact.
de Monte Cristo in his house, you are quicksighted, have much knowledge of the world, more tact than is usual at your age, do you think the count is really what he appears to be?”
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