Meaning of INTACT
| Pronunciation: | | in'takt
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] undamaged in any way; whole; "the vase remained intact despite rough handling"
- [adj] not impaired or diminished in any way; "emerged from the trial with his prestige intact"; "the blast left his hearint intact"
- [adj] (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal"
- [adj] (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse"
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| | Synonyms: | | entire, integral, inviolate, uncastrated, undamaged, unimpaired, uninjured, whole |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | abiding, abstinent, budding, callow, celibate, changeless, complete, conserved, constant, continent, continuing, developed, dewy, durable, enduring, entire, evergreen, ever-new, firm, firsthand, fixed, flawless, fledgling, fresh, frozen, full, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, global, green, growing, immature, immobile, immune, immunized, immutable, imperforate, impubic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, insured, integral, inviolate, juicy, kept, lasting, maiden, maidenly, mature, matured, minor, naive, neoteric, nestling, new, new-fledged, original, pathless, perfect, permanent, perpetual, persistent, pierceless, Platonic, preserved, pristine, protected, quiescent, raw, remaining, rigid, ripe, ripening, safe, safe and sound, sappy, saved, secure, sempervirent, solid, sound, spared, stable, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, sustained, tender, together, torpid, total, trackless, unabbreviated, unadult, unaltered, unbeaten, unblemished, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, uncut, undamaged, undefiled, underage, undestroyed, undeveloped, undiminished, undivided, unexpurgated, unfading, unfailing, unfledged, unformed, unhandled, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unlicked, unmarred, unmellowed, unperforated, unpierced, unqualified, unreduced, unripe, unscathed, unseasoned, unshifting, unspoiled, unsullied, untainted, unthreatened, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, unvaried, unvarying, utter, vernal, vestal, virgin, virginal, wayless, well-conserved, whole, young |
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