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Pact

//pækt//

Definitions

nounpacts

1
An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
write up a pact
2
An agreement between two or more nations
3
An alliance or coalition.

verbpacts · pacting · pacted

1
To form a pact; to agree formally.
When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces.

Word Origin

From Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from pacīscī (“to agree”). Probably a doublet of patio.

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